GOVERNMENT FUNDING L PACKAGE.
JOINING ME NOW IS FOX NEWS
SENIOR STRATEGIC ANALYST, HE
RETIRED GENERAL JACK KEANE.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
TANG YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE THIS MORNING.
>> GREAT BEING HERE, MARIA.
MARIA: YOU’RE THOUGHTS ON THIS
MOBILIZATION OF.
I GUESS I ALSO WANT YOUR OPINION
ON THIS 12 BILLION GOING TO
UKRAINE.
HERE WE ARE WATCHING THE
GOVERNMENT POTENTIALLY SHUT DOWN
AND THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT A
CLEAN BILL BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE TO GET MORE MONEY IN THERE
FOR UKRAINE.
YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ON THE
PROTESTS, WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE
IS PUTIN HAS HAD A PERSONNEL
PROBLEM IN TERMS OF NOT HAVING
THE PROPER FORESIZING FROM THE
BEGINNING.
HE TRIED TO TAKE OVER THE WHOLE
COUNTRY WITH SOMETHING LESS THAN
200,000.
THERE’S WAS OVER 700,000
UKRAINIAN MILITARY DEFENDING
HE’S AGAINST THAT.
AND HE’S TAKEN CASUALTIES THAT
ARE QUITE STAGGERING, 25,000
DEAD, 65,000 WOUNDED REPORTED BY
THE PENTAGON.
THOSE KIND OF CASUALTY RATES,
THE UNITED STATES HASN’T
RECEIVED IN ANY WAR EXCEPT THE
CIVIL WAR.
WHAT HE’S TRYING TO DO, HE’S
LOSING THE WAR NOW.
HE WANTS TO MAKE UP FOR THAT
PERSONNEL SHORTAGE HES HAS, THUS
THE MOBILIZE IS A.
-- MOBILIZATION
THEY’VE ASSIGNED QUOTAS AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL.
BECAUSE THEY CAN’T FILL THE
QUOTA WITH COMBAT RESERVEISTS
WHO ALREADY SERVED IN THE
RUSSIAN MILITARY, THEY’RE
FORCING CONSCRIPTION OF YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT ARE NEVER SERVED.
THAT’S ADDING TO THE PROTESTS
AND FRUSTRATION THAT ARE OUT
THERE.
WHAT WILL SHOW UP WHEN PEOPLE
ARE YOU UNFIT, NOT PREPARED TO G
UKRAINE AND FIGHT AND THEY’RE
GOING TO JOIN A MILITARY THAT’S
PERFORMED POORLY IN UKRAINE,
CERTAINLY IT WILL HELP TO HAVE
MORE PEOPLE BUT IT’S NOT GOING
TO BE DECISIVE, MARIA, IN OUR
JUDGMENT, BECAUSE IT’S NOT GOING
TO BE A COHERENT FIGHTING FORCE.
MARIA: YEAH.
I’LL TELL YOU, ALL OF THIS HAS
REALLY EXPOSED A REAL WEAKNESS
IN THE RUSSIAN ARMY, ANTI-IT?
I’VE GOT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON
WHAT’S A BIGGER STORY HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW AND WE’RE NOT REALLY
SEEING A LOT OF HE FOCUS ON IT
AND THAT IS THESE PROTESTERS ON
THE STREET OF IRAN.
THE IRANIANS ARE CALLING FOR THE
END OF THE IRANIAN REGIME, AT
LEAST 41 PEOPLE HAVE DIED DURING
THIS UNREST INCLUDING IRANIAN
POLICE OFFICERS.
ARKANSAS SENATOR TOM COTTON
JOINED ME ON SUNDAY ON SUNDAY
MORNING FUTURES TO LOOK AT THIS
AS A POTENTIAL FOR LEVERAGE FOR
THE UNITED STATES.
HE SAYS, LOOK, THIS
ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE ARE OUT CHANTING DEATH
PEOPLE ARE OUT CHANTING DEATH
HAD TO THE SUPREME LEADER BUT
INSTEAD THE ADMINISTRATION IS
DOING THE OPPOSITE.
WATCH THIS.
>> THIS IS A MOMENT TO STAND
WITH THE PEOPLE OF IRAN, YET JOE
BIDEN IS DOING IN THESE HE
PROTESTS EXACTLY WHAT BARACK
OBAMA DID IN THE SUMMER OF 2009
DURING THE GREEN REVOLUTION
PROTEST, HE IS STANDING IDLELY
BY BECAUSE HE DOESN’T WANT TO
OFFEND THE AYATOLLAH AS HE’S
TRYING TO PURSUE THIS RECKLESS
NUCLEAR DEAL.
MARIA: GENERAL, YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THAT DEAL?
IS IT CLOSE?
AND A IS THIS A POINT TO STOP
AND REAYOU SEES WITH -- REASSESS
WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE
STREETS?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY THE DEAL IS
STALLED BUT CLEARLY IRAN IS
MOVING TOWARDS A NUCLEAR WEAPON
WITH OR WITHOUT A DEAL AND WE’RE
ON A GLIDE PATH TO A COLLISION
CERTAINLY WITH LIKELY A MILL HE
OPTION OUT OF ISRAEL, SOMEWHAT
SUPPORTED CLAN DECEMBERDESTINELY
UNITED STATES.
IN TERMS OF THE PROTESTS, RIGHT
BELOW THE SURFACE FOR YEARS IN
SOCIETY IN IRAN YOU HAVE A
FESTERING FRUSTRATION BECAUSE OF
THE LACK OF HUMAN DIGNITY.
CAN YOU IMAGE HE INA REGIME
TELLING YOU -- IMAGINE A REGIME
TELLING YOU WHAT CLOTHES TO WEAR
AND HOW TO WEAR THEM IS WHAT THE
IRANIANS ARE DOING.
IS A DENIAL OF PERSONAL FREEDOM
AND THE PEOPLE ARE YEARNING FOR
DEMOCRACY.
AND THEY WERE IN THE STREETS IN
2019 OVER INCREDIBLE GAS PRICE,
OVER 1500 WERE SHOT DEAD IN THE
STREET AND THE PATTERN IS
UNFOLDING HERE.
THE FACTS ARE, THE PEOPLE ARE
PROTESTING VERY AGGRESSIVELY AND
IRANIANS HAVE SHUT DOWN MOBILE
PHONE SERVICE, NOW THEY’RE
SHUTTING DOWN THE INTERNET.
ONCE HAD THAT HAPPENS, THEN THE
POLICE TURN IT OVER TO THE IRGC,
THE MILITARY, AND THEY GET IN
THERE AND THEY BEGIN TO REALLY
SHUT THIS THING DOWN BY WANTING
TO KILL HUNDREDS IF NOT
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
THAT HAS BEEN THEIR PATTERN FOR
YEARS NOW AND THEY WILL DO THIS
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT STAND THE
THREAT OF THE PEOPLE.
LOW PRESSURE, THE-- LISTEN, THE
FEARS THEIR OWN PEOPLE MORE THAN
THEY FEAR THE UNITED STATES.
THEY KNOW THEIR REGIME COULD BE
T PUT IN JEOPARDY BY THE PEOPLE,
NOT BY THE MISSILES OR AIRPLANES
FROM THE UNITED STATES WHICH
THEY BELIEVE IS LIKELY NOT TO
HAPPEN.
AND THE FACTS ARE, I AGREE WITH
SENSE R TORE COTTON HERE --
SENATOR COTTON HERE, THE VOICE
OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES NEEDS TO BE STRONG AND
FREQUENT ON THIS ISSUE, THAT THE
PEOPLE ON THE STREETS KNOW THAT
PRESIDENT BIDEN AND OTHER WORLD
LEADERS HAVE THEIR BACK, MUCH
LIKE WHAT RONALD REAGAN DID WHEN
THE POLLS WERE DEMONSTRATING
AGAINST THE COMMUNIST REGIME IN
THE 1980s AND LES WA LENZA
HEARD THE PRESIDENT’S VOICE AND
HE HAD TEARS IN HIS EYES WHEN I
WAS IN THE ROOM WITH HIM MANY
YEARS LATER.
SO YES, WE’RE DOING GOOD THINGS,
WE’RE SANCTIONING THE MORALITY
POLICE, WE’RE TRYING TO OPEN UP
SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATION
PLATFORMS SO THE IRANIANS CAN
ACCESS THE INTERNET.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT LOST AN
OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP AND SPEAK
FREQUENTLY AND LOUD ABOUT WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE.
AFTER ALL, THIS IS AN ADD VEER
ADVERSARIAL REGIME TO THE UNITED
STATES, HE’S BEEN KILLING US FOR
YEARS NOW AND I TOTALLY AGREE
THAT THE REASON THE PRESIDENT IS
LIKELY NOT DOING THIS TO THE
DEGREE THAT HE SHOULD BECAUSE HE
DOESN’T WANT TO OFFEND THE
IRANIANS GOING INTO THIS NUCLEAR
DEAL.
THAT’S THE SAME REASON THAT
OBAMA DIDN’T DO IT IN 2009.
MARIA: AND IF WE ARE ACTUALLY
SEEING THE SUPREME LEADER ON HIS
DEATH BED, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME
PUSH BACK IF THE PEOPLE ARE
GETTING A LITTLE LEVERAGE BUT
WE’LL SEE.
I’VE GOT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS
REAL QUICK ON WHAT’S GOING ON
ACROSS EUROPE.
GENERAL CONSERVATIVES ARE
GAINING STEAM IN EUROPE, FIRST
IN SWEDEN WHERE THE RIGHT WING
PARTY WON THIS MONTH’S GENERAL
ELECTION.
WE HAVE A NEW PRIME MINISTER IN
BRITAIN, BRITISH PM TRUST AND IN
ITALY WHERE GEORGIA MALONEY IS
ON TRACK TO BECOME THE COUNTRY’S
NEXT PRIME MINISTER.
I SPOKE WITH HER LAST MONTH ON
THIS PROGRAM.
HERE SHE IS, WATCH. >> WE HAVE A EUROPE WHICH SPENT
>> WE HAVE A EUROPE WHICH SPENT
LOTS OF TIME BUILDING A MASSIVE
BUREAUCRACY AND CHASING WOKE
IDEOLOGY, WHEN INSTEAD WE NEEDED
A DEFENSE STRATEGY, WE NEEDED
ENERGY SECURITY, WE NEED DEFENSE
OF OUR INDUSTRIES.
MARIA: AND THAT’S WHERE SHE’LL
FOCUS, DEFENSE STRATEGY AND
FREEDOM IN ITALY.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE IMPACT ON
AMERICA?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY ITALY IS A
CLOSE ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES
AND THEY GO THROUGH THEIR
POLITICAL FLUCTUATIONS JUST LIKE
THE UNITED STATES DOES.
BUT I THINK THESE ARE DANGEROUS
TIMES IN EUROPE, CERTAINLY WITH
WAR RAGING IN EUROPE AND THE
COUNTRIES IN EUROPE HAVING TO
LOOK AT THEIR OWN DEFENSES, ARE
THEY ADEQUATE ENOUGH AND I THINK
THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL
CERTAINLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT
THAT AND HOPEFULLY WILL INCREASE
THEIR DEFENSE BUDGETS GIVEN WHAT
THE THREATS ARE GOING ON, I
THOUGH THEY’LL CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT UKRAINE AS DID THE
PREVIOUS REGIME WHICH IS THE
RIGHT ANSWER.
I MEAN, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DEFEAT THE RUSSIAN MILITARY
INSIDE UKRAINE WITHOUT HAVING
NATO HAVING TO FIGHT THEM OR THE
UNITED STATES HAVING TO FIGHT
THEM.
WE HAVE TO HELP THE UKRAINIANS
SUCCEED AT THAT.
MARIA: IT’S A GREAT POINT YOU
MAKE, GENERAL.
GREAT TO SEE YOU THIS MORNING,
SIR.
THANK SO MUCH.