TEAM BIDEN LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL
BE CUTTING DEFENSE SPENDING
WHICH I DON’T APPROVE OF.
LET’S BRING IN DISTINGUISHED
FORMER SECURITY ADVISOR, ROBERT
O’BRIEN.
HE IS BACK AT HIS LAW FIRM IN
L.A. ROBERT, THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AS ALWAYS, MY BROTHER.
COMING ON AS ALWAYS, MY BROTHER.
I TAKE IT A APPROVE OF THIS PULL
OUT STRATEGY?
>> I DO.
WE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR IT.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
LOOSENED RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
WE DECIMATED ISIS AND AL CADE IN
AFGHANISTAN.
WE GOT OUR ALLIES TO PUT MORE
TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND WITH
REALLY HARD-NOSED NEGOTIATING
WITH AMBASSADOR POMPEO AND WE
GOT A DEAL BETWEEN THE AFGHAN
PEOPLE THEMSELVES.
THAT WAS A LOT OF HARD WORK, A
LOT OF HARD DIPLOMACY AND A LOT
OF BRAVE FIGHTING BY OUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE FIELD.
IT IS TIME FOR THEM TO COME
HOME.
GREAT TO SEE PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN
AFGHANISTAN.
LARRY: BUT I NOTICE YOU ARE
FRONTING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
YOU WANT THEM TO BE PROACTIVE,
TAKE THE SAVINGS AND PUT IT BACK
INTO THE MILITARY BUDGET, IS
THAT FAIR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT
YOU’RE SAYING?
>> ABSOLUTELY, LARRY.
THERE IS ABOUT $20 BILLION AT
LEAST IN THE OVERSEAS
CONTINGENCY OPERATION FUND THAT
SHOULD FREE UP AS A RESULT OF
THE WITHDRAW FROM AFGHANISTAN.
WHAT WE ALWAYS PLANNED TO DO,
WE’RE IN A NEW ERA OF GREAT
POWER COMPETITION.
WE HAVE RUSSIANS SHOULDER IN THE
UKRAINIANS.
WE’VE GOT THE CHINESE COMMUNIST
PARTY MAKING TERRIBLE THREATS
AGAINST TAIWAN, OUR ALLIES
THERE.
WE NEED TO TAKE THAT MONEY.
WE NEED TO REINVEST IT IN SHIPS,
MISSILES, PLATFORMS, OUR
FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN MAKING
SURE THEY CAN DEFEND OURSELVES,
ALLIES FRIENDS WITH UPCOMING
GREAT COMPETITION THREATS.
WE NEED TO TAKE THE MONEY
REINVEST IT IN THE MILITARY, PUT
IT OUT IN ASIA-PACIFIC AND
EASTERN EUROPE AND PROTECT
AMERICA AND OUR PARTNERS.
LARRY: TWO THINGS ARE REALLY
TROUBLING ME TODAY, I WANT TO
GET TO, MY BUDDY.
FIRST ONE YOU MENTIONED RUSSIA.
RUSSIA IS MASSING TROOPS IN
EASTERN UKRAINE AND WE REALLY
NEVER SETTLED THE PRIOR
INVASION.
BIDEN IS ON THE PHONE WITH
PUTIN.
THEY’RE MAYBE GOING TO HAVE A
SUMMIT MEETING.
I GUESS A ZOOM SUMMIT MEETING, A
VIRTUAL MEETING TALKS TO ME
ABOUT THAT.
IS PUTIN, HE HAS A CLEVER WAY OF
DODGING FEINTING, NEVER DOES
WHAT YOU WANT HIM TO DO.
WHAT IS YOUR READ ON THIS?
HOW IS BIDEN DOING HANDLING
RUSSIA AND PUTIN?
>> WELL LISTEN, WEAKNESS IS
PROVOCATIVE, IF THE RUSSIANS OR
CHINESE PERCEIVE THE AMERICANS
AS BEING WEAK THEY WILL TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THEY HAVE DONE THAT TIME AND
TIME AGAIN IN THE PAST.
SO WHEN I WOULD ENCOURAGE OUR
FRIENDS IN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TO DO IS TO NOT
JUST TALK BUT WALK THE WALK.
AND SO PUTTING MORE MILITARY
ASSETS, MOVING THEM OUT OF
GERMANY INTO EASTERN EUROPE.
LEANING ON OUR GERMAN FRIENDS
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE WOULD
KEEP TROOPS IN GERMANY.
IF THAT IS THE CASE AND GIVE
ANGELA MERKEL ONE OF THE GREAT
THINGS SHE WANTS KEEPING MORE
AMERICAN TROOPS IN GERM I IN THE
GERMANS OUGHT TO CUT OFF IN
ORDER STREAM 2.
THE FACT WE’RE FIGHTING A BATTLE
ON ON NORD STREAM 2.
THE WAY TO DEAL WITH RUSSIANS
NOT NECESSARILY HAVE A SUMMIT
MEETING OR TALK TO THEM, NOT BAT
ITSELF, SHOW TOUGH ACTIONS ON
THE GROUND AND GET MERMAN’S TO
CUT OFF THE NORD STREAM 2, WOULD
BE A MAJOR SIGN THEY CAN’T BULLY
THE UKRAINE.
LARRY: THE OTHER THING THAT
TROUBLES ME, THE U.S.-IRANIAN
STORY, THE U.S.-IRANIAN STORY.
THIS IS TRAFFIC YOU WERE HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN, NOT ME.
BUT APPARENTLY TEAM BIDEN WANTS
TO RENEGOTIATE, EITHER DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY, I GOES IT WILL BE
DIRECTLY, EUROPE CAN’T JUST BE A
BROKER HERE, BUT EUROPE WANTS TO
DO IT TOO.
RENEGOTIATE A NUCLEAR DEAL WITH
IRAN WHO LIES, CHEATS, STEALS
CONSTANTLY, WE HAVE NEW
EVIDENCE.
ISRAEL INTERVENING TO STOMP OUT
THEIR URANIUM ENRICHMENT
PROCEEDS, TO GET THEM TO THE
TABLE, ROBERT O’BRIEN, WHAT
TROUBLES ME MORE, THEY WILL END
THE ECONOMIC SANCTIONS NUT IN
PLACE BY PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT
WERE VERY DAMAGING TO IRAN AND
TO GET THEM TO THE TABLE, WE’LL
GET A BIG CHUNK OF CASH LIKE THE
OBAMAS DID 10 YEARS AGO.
THIS JUST DOESN’T SOUND THE
TRUMP PLAYBOOK TO ME AND DOESN’T
SOUND GOOD FOR THE U.S.?
>> NO.
THIS IS VERY BAD.
IF THOSE RUMORS ARE TRUE IT
WOULD BE VERY BAD FOR THE
COUNTRY, VERY BAD FOR THE
REGION, VERY BAD FOR OUR
PARTNERS IN THE REGION.
WE WATCHED THIS MOVIE PLAY OUT
ONCE BEFORE WITH THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY SENT PALLETS OF CASH TO
IRANIANS TO BUY THEM OFF, PAY
EQUIVALENT OF A RANSOM, STOP
TAKING AMERICANS HOSTAGE, STOP
ENGAGING IN TERRORISM.
STOP THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
ALL THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE
TRUE.
AS SOON AS THEY RELEASED SOME
HOSTAGES, TOOK ADDITIONAL
HOSTAGES.
TOOK THE MONEY THEY RECEIVED FOR
SANCTIONS RELIEF, INSTEAD OF
SPENDING IT ON THE MIDDLE CLASS,
SPENT 150 BILLION ON TERRORISM
IN IRAQ, SYRIA, LEBANON.
ISRAELIS SHOWED US WHEN THEY
RAIDED THE NUCLEAR FACILITIES
THEY LIED 100% ABOUT THE NUCLEAR
INTENTIONS AND PROGRAM.
THEY CONTINUED TO DEVELOP
NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND BETTER
CENTRIFUGES.
WE SAW THE MOVIE ONCE BEFORE.
IT ENDED POORLY FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE
IRANIANS, PUT MAXIMUM PRESSURE,
GET BACK TO THE TABLE.
GIVE UP THEIR NUCLEAR DESIRES.
THEY CAN HAVE A NUCLEAR PROGRAM
FED WITH NUCLEAR RODS FROM
EUROPE THAT CAN’T BE CONVERTED
TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
FOR THE IRANIANS HAVE INDIGENOUS
PROGRAM TO ENRICH URANIUM
CONTINUE BUILD MISSILES AND PAIR
THE MISSILES WITH BOMBS, DOESN’T
MAKE SENSE FOR ANY OF US, THE
EUROPEANS OR ANYONE IN THE
REGION.
LARRY: LAST THOUGHT QUICKLY,
ROBERT, SEEMS LIKE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WILL SOMEHOW TILT
TOWARD IRAN, AWAY FROM ISRAEL
AND THEREFORE TILTING TOWARD
IRAN MEANS TILTING AWAY FROM THE
"ABRAHAM ACCORDS" WITH THE ARAB
MUSLIM GULF STATES AND ISRAEL,
WHICH IS A GREAT SIGN OF PEACE.
AND CATER TO THE PLA.
TO ME THIS IS JUST ALL WRONG AND
THEY MADE THESE MISTAKES,
MR. O’BRIEN YEARS AGO WITH
OBAMA, THE EXACT SAME FAILURE.
LAST WORD?
>> A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT NOW.
A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT NOW.
YOU HAVE GOT THE U.A.E. BAHRAIN,
SAUDI, ISRAEL WITH A UNITED
FRONT AGAINST IRAN.
THAT CREATES A DIFFERENT PLAYING
FIELD.
I THINK THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION WOULD UNDERMINE
THE "ABRAHAM ACCORDS," WOULD
UNDERMINE INFLUENCE IN THE
REGION, GOING BACK TO THE IDEA
SOMEHOW IRAN WILL BE THE
REGIONAL HEDGEMON AND POLICE THE
REGION BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL ALLIES.
STICK WITH THE ISRAEL LIST AND
GIVE UP THEIR MISSILE PROGRAM,
GIVE UP THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
IRANIANS ARE GREAT PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A LOT HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE A LONG HISTORY.
THEY CAN REALLY PLAY A
CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN THE WORLD
BUT NOT WITH THIS REGIME
UNFORTUNATELY.
LARRY: SOUNDS LIKE GOOD ADVICE.