AND OBVIOUSLY I HAD LONG HAD A
GENERAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THE THREAT WAS.
DAVID: JACK KEEN JOINS ME NOW.
I’M GLAD THAT JOHN COULD JOKE
ABOUT IT BUT HOW SERIOUS IS THIS
THREAT FROM THE IOWA HAWKEYES
RAINIRANIANS?>> VERY SERIOUS.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO
KILLING SOLAMANI BACK IN JANUARY
OF 2020 WHO HAS AS MUCH AMERICAN
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS AS 9/11
BOMBERS DID IN NEW YORK CITY AND
THE PENTAGON.
LISTEN, THERE’S SCORES OF U.S.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS THAT ARE ON
THIS LIST, SOMEWHERE OVER 50.
THEY’RE DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT THIS,
AND I DON’T BELIEVE IT’S JUST
ONE TARGET.
I THINK THEY’RE TRYING TO DO
MULTIPLE TARGETS AND OBVIOUSLY
WE HAVE AN IRANIAN AGENT
OPERATING ON AMERICAN SOIL
ATTEMPTING TO KILL AMERICANS ON
AMERICAN SOIL.
THAT’S PRETTY SERIOUS, ABOUT AS
SERIOUS AS IT CAN GET.
I AGREE WITH AMBASSADOR BOLTON,
WHY WE WOULD CONTINUE TO
NEGOTIATE WITH THE IRANIANS
WHILE THEY’RE TRYING TO KILL
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN AMERICA
IS PREPOSTEROUS ON THE SURFACE.
DAVID: WE’RE DOING SO THROUGH
THE RUSSIANS.
>> YEAH, AND ALSO THROUGH THE
EU, THEY’RE TRYING TO GET THE
IRANIANS TO MAKE A CONCESSION
HERE AND REMOVE THE
INVESTIGATION THAT THE UN IS
CONDUCTING AS A RESULT OF
FINDING NUCLEAR MATERIALS ON A
CLANDESTINE SITE, NOT ONE OF THE
PUBLIC SITES, WHICH ALWAYS GOES
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PREMISE WE
ALL HAD, THAT THE IRANIANS WILL
ALWAYS ATTEMPT TO MAKE A NUCLEAR
WEAPON SEPARATE FROM THE
PARALLEL SYSTEM IN OTHER WORDS
THEY’LL MAKE A NUCLEAR WEAPON AT
CON DISTANTLY AND COVERTLY
REGARDLESS OF THE NUCLEAR DEAL.
THAT IS WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT’S WHERE THEY’VE ALWAYS
BEEN.
WE KNOW THAT, BUT THIS
ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN UNABLE
TO DEAL WITH THOSE FACTS.
DAVID: GOT YOU.
GENERAL, I WANT TO SWITCH TO
CHINA BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE A
REAL IMMEDIATE THREAT.
A LOT OF FOLKS ARE FOCUSING ON
THE POSSIBLE INVASION OF TAIWAN,
BUT A BLOCKADE IS ANOTHER WAY OF
TAKING OVER THE ISLAND.
WHAT COULD WE DO IF THEY DECIDE
TO BLOCKADE TAIWAN?
>> WELL, IT’S INTERESTING THAT
YOU MENTION THIS BECAUSE
EVERYBODY DOES FOCUS ON THE
D-DAY INVASION SORT OF SCENARIO,
WHICH IS ALL OUT, AIR AND
MISSILE ATTACK.
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT AND
CHALLENGING OVER 100 MILES OF
SEA AND PARACHUTE ASSAULT,
HELICOPTER ASSAULT, THE LIKE.
VERY AGGRESSIVE COMPLICATED
CAMPAIGN.
BUT MORE LIKELY IS THE
QUARANTINE OR BLOCKADE AS YOU
SUGGEST, AND A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT WE SAW JUST RECENTLY OVER
THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DAYS.
IT WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT
FROM THAT, BUT NONETHELESS I
THINK THAT WAS MORE OF A
REHEARSAL FOR A QUARANTINE OR
BLOCKADE THAN A D-DAY INVASION
AND KIND OF PLAYS INTO THE PRC’S
HANDS HERE, DAVID, BECAUSE THEIR
BASIC PREMISE ALL ALONG HAS BEEN
TO GAIN LEVERAGE AND ADVANTAGE
IN THE INDO PACIFIC REGION AND
PRIMARILY IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC
AND NOT FIRING A SHOT AND
PREDATORY NATURE AND THAT’S WHAT
THEY’VE BEEN DOING TO TAIWAN TO
GET THEM TO CAPITULATE, BUT THEY
DON’T WANT TO CAPITULATE, AND
THEY DEFINITELY WILL CAPITULATE.
THEIR RESOLVE HAS BEEN
STRENGTHENED BUT THE BLOCKADE
AND QUARANTINE IS OUT OF THAT
PLAY BOOK BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT
GOING TO FIRE ANY WEAPONS TO DO IT AND YOU’LL ENROACH ON THE AIR
IT AND YOU’LL ENROACH ON THE AIR
AND MARITIME, AND THEN THE OWN H
IS ON TAIWAN TO FIRE A SHOT OR
TAKE AGGRESSIVE ACTION AND I
THINK THE UNIT WOULD ASSIST
TAIWAN ATTEMPTING TO DEMONSTRATE
CERTAINLY TO THE PRC AND THEIR
MEL TEAR WE’RE DEAD SERIOUS
ABOUT IT AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO
PUT UP WITH THIS QUARANTINE AND
BLOCKADE.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST
REALISTIC OPTION I THINK FOR THE
CHINESE.
DAVID: GOT YA.
OF COURSE, THAT PHILOSOPHY GOES
BACK THOUSANDS OF YEARS IN CHINA
WHERE YOU CAN WIN BY NOT FIRING