LOU: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
OPENLY CALLING FOR REGIME CHANGE
IN VENEZUELA.
YESTERDAY AMBASSADOR NIKKI HALEY
JOINING ANTI-MADURO
DEMONSTRATORS.
SHE SUGGESTED A REGIME CHANGE,
VOWING TO NOT STOP FIGHTING
UNTIL WE SEE MADURO GO.
JOINING US TONIGHT, REFIRED
FOUR-STAR GENERAL FOX CHIEF
STRATEGIC ANALYST, GENERAL JACK
KEANE.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
WAYS YOUR REACTION TO THIS
PRESIDENT WHO HAS NOT BEEN A BIG
FAN OF REGIME CHANGE, HIS U.N.
AMBASSADOR IS TALKING CLEARLY
AND OPENLY ABOUT REGIME CHANGE
IN VENEZUELA.
>> I THINK IT' THE SAME SAME SAD
ROW TODAY I WE HAVE FOR IRAN.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY
OVERT ACTION TO CHANGE THAT
REGIME.
BUT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE
IN THE COUNTRY.
AND WHATEVER THAT SUPPORT CAN
BE, WE ARE BEHIND THEM.
AMBASSADOR HALEY'S STRONG
COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE
PEOPLE AND THEIR PROTESTS TO THE
REGIME WOULD BE ALONG THE LINES
OF WHAT RONALD REAGAN DID WITH
THE PROTESTERS IN POLAND AGAINST
THE COMMUNIST REGIME.
WHEN THE IRANIANS WERE IN THE
STREETS IN THE SUMMER OF 2009,
THEY WERE DEMONSTRATING AGAINST
THAT REGIME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
OBAMA STAYED SILENT.
THAT MOVEMENT WAS EVENTUALLY
DEFEATED, SADLY TO SAY.
THIS IS ABOUT INSPIRATION AND
SANCTIONING THE PEOPLE.
WE ARE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH
OUR ALLIES IN THE REGION.
BUT WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ANY
MILITARY OVERT ACTION TO CHANGE
THE REGIME.
>> I HEAR THAT, AND IT'S THE WAY
IT BEGINS ALMOST EVERY TIME.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT
MILITARY ACTION, BUT WE END UP
THERE.
IT IS -- IT'S BEEN A SPECTACLE
THE LAST TWO DECADES, AND A VERY
SORRY ONE IN WHICH WE SEE -- YOU
CAN CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT,
WHETHER IT'S MISSION CREEP OR
EXPLOSIVE NEW MISSIONS IN WHICH
KNEE SO CONS DRIVE POLICY.
IT IS FRANKLY DISTURBING TO HEAR
THAT START TO EMANATE FROM THE
U.N. AMBASSADOR RATHER THAN FROM
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR THE
WHITE HOUSE ITSELF.
DOES IT BOTHER YOU, BY THE WAY?
>> NO.
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S
WHAT'S IN THE CARDS HERE.
NOR IT WOULD LEAD TO MILITARY
ACTION.
WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT IS
INTERNAL REGIME CHANGE TO
CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE ON THE
MADURO REGIME TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY LEAVE OR THERE IS SOME
INTERNAL ACTION THAT'S TAKEN
AGAINST HIM BY A MILITARY THAT
BECOMES CONSIDERABLY MORE
DISENCHANTED.
WHETHER WE ARE TAKING COVERT
ACTION INSIDE THE COUNTRY OR
NOT, I CAN'T SPEAK TO, I DON'T
KNOW, I CAN'T ASKED QUESTIONS
LIKE THAT.
>> IT WOULDN'T BE VERY GOOD
COVERT ACTION.
>> WE WOULD BE PROVIDING
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PROTESTERS
WHICH I'M SURE WE ARE DOING
INSIDE IRAN.
IT'S A LIKELY THING WE WOULD BE
DOING.
THIS IS SOUTH AMERICA.
WE HAVE A THIRD RAIL HERE, LOU,
ABOUT TAKING ACTION WITH U.S.
MILITARY IN SOUTH AMERICA AS YOU
KNOW.
LOU: THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GIVE
IT SOME ATTENTION HERE TONIGHT.
AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON WARNING
IRAN THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY
IF IRAN THREATENS OR GOES ABOUT
HARMING OUR ALLIES IN THE
REGION.
YOUR THOUGHT.
>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS
DOING SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR FOR 38 YEARS THROUGH
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
ADMINISTRATIONS.
TO SEE IRAN AS OUR NUMBER ONE
ENEMY IN THE WORLD.
THEY HAVE THEM IN THE
BULL'S-EYE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE NUCLEAR ISSUE.
THEY ARE PUSHING BACK ON IRAN
FOR THEIR BEHAVIOR IN THE
REGION.
LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, YEMEN.
AND THEY DON'T WANT THEM TO
BUILD BALLISTIC MISSILES.
AND THEY ARE IMPOSING
SIGNIFICANT SANCTIONS ON THEM.
THE EXPORT OF OILS DOWN 35%.
LOU: ARE THEY LOOK FOR A FIGHT?
>> THE UNITED STATES?
LOU: NO I'M TALKING ABOUT IRAN.
>> NO.
THEY HAVE LOTS OF RHETORIC, THEY
WILL USE PROXIES.
ANY CONFRONTATION WITH IRANIAN
FORCES, THEY LOSE AND THEY LOSE
THE REGIME.
THEY WILL TRY TO HANG ON BY
THEIR FINGERNAILS BUYING INTO
THE KERRY PROPAGANDA, WAIT OUT