PETE: A CHILLING NEW REPORT
WARNING THE U.S. ABOUT CHINA’S
VIEW TO TAKE AMERICANS HOSTAGE
IF THE DOJ DOESN’T DROP ITS
PROSECUTION OF CHINESE
SCIENTISTS.
"THE WALL STREET JOURNAL"
REPORTING, QUOTE, THE CHINESE
MESSAGE HAS BEEN BLUNT, THE U.S.
SHOULD DROP PROSECUTIONS OF
CHINESE SCHOLARS IN AMERICAN
COURTS, OR AMERICANS IN CHINA
MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES IN
VIOLATION OF CHINESE LAW.
HERE TO DISCUSS, FOX NEWS SENIOR
STRATEGIC ANALYST AND RETIRED
FOUR-STAR GENERAL JACK KEANE.
GENERAL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
WE’RE GOING TO GET COMMENTS ON
IRAN AND RUSSIA AS WELL, BUT
WHAT THE U.S. IS SAYING THAT
THESE SCIENTISTS CONCEALED FROM
IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES THEIR
ACTIVE DUTY STATUS WITH THE
PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY,
THEREFORE, WE’VE DETAINED THEM.
SHOULD WE TAKE SERIOUSLY THAT
CHINA WILL DO THE SAME TO
AMERICAN THIS IS.
>> OH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS SO-CALLED
VISA PROUD TO.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY RESEARCH --
FRAUD.
THESE ARE ACTUALLY RESEARCH
SCIENTISTS HERE TO DO WHAT?
TO SPY.
THEY’RE HERE TO CONDUCT
ESPIONAGE.
THEY GOT CAUGHT AT IT, AND
THEY’VE BEEN ARRESTED.
CHINA WANTS TO RETALIATE.
THEY’VE DONE THIS KIND OF
REALUATION WITH THE CANADIANS --
REALUATION WITH THE CANADIANS,
NOW THEY’VE GOT TWO OF THEM
ARRESTED, CHINESE EXECUTIVES
FROM HUAWEI THEY HAVE ARRESTED X
THEY’VE ALSO DONE IT WITH THE
AUSTRALIANS AND SWEDES.
WE’RE ARRESTING SPIES WHAT CHINA
WILL LIKELY DO IS DETAIN
AMERICANS WHO HAVE DONE NOTHING.
THEY ARE NOT GUILTY OF ANYTHING.
SO IN THAT SENSE, IT’S NOT LIKE
THE COLD WAR WITH THE SOVIET
UNION, WE ARRESTED THEIR SPIES,
WE ARRESTED OURS, AND WE
EXCHANGED THEM AT AT SOME POINT.
SO, YES, WHEN YOU STARTED OUT
AND SAID THEY’RE HOSTAGES, THAT
WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE CHINESE
INTEND TO DO.
PETE: IT’S SUCH A DEMONSTRATION
OF THE RULE OF LAW.
OF COURSE, THEY’RE IN VIOLATION
SO THEY’RE ARRESTED OVER THERE
THAT DOESN’T MATTER, THEY’LL
FIND ANY REASON WHATSOEVER AND
CERTAINLY COULD ESCALATE THE
TENSION BETWEEN US AND CHINA.
THERE HAS BEEN A ARMS EMBARGO TO
IRAN, THAT HAS NOW EXPINED UNDER
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP PULLED US OUT
OF.
WHY WOULD THIS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE
FOR IRAN, AND WHAT WILL IT MEAN?
>> YEAH.
THIS IS ANOTHER FLAW IN THAT
SO-CALLED JCPOA OR NUCLEAR DEAL
THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
ENTERED INTO WITH IRAN IN 2015.
IT MEANT THAT IN FIVE YEARS --
AND HERE WE ARE, 2020, FIVE
YEARS LATER -- THE NUCLEAR,
EXCUSE ME, THE WEAPONS EMBARGO
THAT WAS IMPOSED IS OVER.
AND IT MEANS THAT THEY CAN’T
SELL AND THEY CAN’T BUY.
AND AS YOU SAID, ALL ADVANCE
MISSILES, TANKS, AIRPLANES, ETC.
THE REASON WHY THE EMBARGO WAS
THERE IS BECAUSE IRAN’S BEHAVIOR
AGGRESSIVELY AND MALIGN BEHAVIOR
DESTABILIZING THE MIDDLE EAST --
WAR IN SYRIA, WAR IN YEMEN,
USING IRANIAN-BACKED APPROXIMATE
IS SAYS IN IRAQ -- PROXIES IN
IRAQ, ATTACKING ISRAEL THROUGH
SYRIA ON A REGULAR BASIS USING
ROCKETS AND EVERYTHING -- THE
FACT IS THAT BEHAVIOR IS WHAT
THE EMBARGO WAS TRYING TO STOP.
AND THE NUCLEAR DEAL HAS NOW,
BECAUSE IT IS SO FUNDAMENTALLY
FLAWED, THE NUCLEAR DEAL IS
PERMITTING THAT ARMS EMBARGO TO
GO AWAY.
AND THE UNITED STATES TRIED TO
DO MANAGER ABOUT IT, WENT TO THE
U.N., TRIED TO GET A RESOLUTION
PASSED TO EXTEND THE DEAL WHICH
MAKES SENSE, AND THAT RESOLUTION
FAILED.
SO HERE’S WHERE WE ARE, AND
THAT’S THE FACT.
THE IRANIANS ARE STRAPPED FOR
MONEY THOUGH, SO THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY A LOT
BECAUSE OF THE U.S. SANCTIONS
THAT ARE IMPOSED ON THEM.
RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE THE LIKELY
CANDIDATES TO SELL TO THEM, FOR
SURE, AS WE GO FORWARD.
PETE: UNBELIEVABLE.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS REJECTED
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
HE RESPONDED TO THE U.S. NUCLEAR
ARMS PROPOSAL THAT WAS
NEGOTIATED UNDER THE OBAMA/BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
SO WHERE ARE WE ON MISSILES AND
WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE IN
AN AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA, AND
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
>> WELL, THIS IS THE S.T.A.R.T.
TREATY, AND THIS IS A TREATY
THAT RESTRICTS THE NUMBER OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAT THE UNITED
STATES AND RUSSIA CAN HAVE.
AND IT’S THE TREATY THAT MAKES
ENORMOUS SENSE AND HELPS TO
MAINTAIN STABILITY IN THE WORLD.
THE RESTRICTION SOD NUMBER -- IS
OUR NUMBERS AROUND 1700 EACH,
AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
BALLISTIC AND SUBMARINE MISSILES
THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS OUT OF
SILOS AND SUBMARINES, ALSO
AIR-DRIRRED NUCLEAR BOMBS FROM
OUR STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
THAT’S WHERE THE RESTRICTION IS.
AND WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO IS
EXTEND IT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
THE UNITED STATES THOUGHT WE HAD
A DEAL OVER A WEEK AGO, PETE,
WHEN OUR NEGOTIATORS SAID,
LISTEN, THE RUSSIANS IS HAVE
AGREED AT LEAST TO A
FRAMEWORK -- NOT SIGNED THE DEAL
YET, BUT TO FRAMEWORK -- THAT
WILL EXTEND THE TREATY A YEAR,
AND THEY WILL FREEZE ALL NUCLEAR
WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT.
WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE RUSSIANS
CAME OUT AND SAID THAT’S A
FANTASY.
SO SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE.
SPECULATION IS PUTIN GOT INTO
THIS, SAID, NO, I DON’T WANT TO
DO THAT.
AND FURTHER SPECULATION, AND
THAT’S ALL IT IS, IS THAT HE
DIDN’T WANT TO GIVE PRESIDENT
TRUMP A HUGE POLITICAL VICTORY
CLOSE TO THE ELECTION.
PETE: INTERESTING.
GENERAL JACK KEANE BREAKING IT
ALL DOWN FOR US, WE REALLY