>> ISIS, SYRIA, WE'VE TAKEN BACK
SAME THING IN IRAQ AND WE'RE
MAKING TREMENDOUS STRIDES, THAT
IS THE UNWRITTEN STORY RIGHT
NOW.
TRISH: PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISING
HALF OF THOSE VICTORIES COMING
AREA IN IRAQ AND SYRIA THE SIZE
OF OHIO.
LOOK AT THAT ON THE MAP.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT.
WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT EXISTS
TODAY.
THIS IS THE REMAINING STRONG
HOLDS THAT ARE THERE.
A SMALL AREA ALONG THE BORDER.
THAT RED ON THE SCREEN.
JOINING ME FOX NEWS MILITARY
ANALYST GENERAL JACK KEANE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, GENERAL.
HOW DID HE DO IT?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL THEY MADE
THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
THAT STANDS IN STARK CONDITION
INTERESTS TO THE OBAMA DECISION,
EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID ISIS IS A
TOP PRIORITY THE TRUTH IS WHEN
ISIS ROLLED INTO IRAQ, TRISH, IN
JANUARY 2014, THEY GREW FROM
SEVERAL HUNDRED FIGHTERS IN 18
MONTHS TO OVER 30,000.
IT TOOK THEM NINE MONTHS TO
RESPOND TO MALIKI'S EMERGENCY
REQUEST FOR AIR SUPPORT BEFORE
THEY FIRED THE FIRST SHOT.
IT TOOK THEM 15 MONTHS BEFORE
THEY DID ANYTHING ABOUT THE OIL
FIELDS IN SYRIA WHICH WAS ISIS'S
MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE.
NOW THE TRUMP TEAM LOOKED AT
THAT.
THEY SAID WE GOT TO DO THREE
THINGS TO CHANGE THE SITUATION
ON THE GROUND, AND THEY WERE ALL
DECISIVE.
ONE IS, CHANGE THE RULES OF
ENGAGEMENT TO FACILITATE THE USE
OF MILITARY FORCE MORE
EFFECTIVELY.
NUMBER TWO, MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT
GET OUT OF THE TACTICAL AND
OPERATIONAL DECISIONS.
LET OUR COMMANDERS MAKE THAT.
THEN NUMBER THREE, GIVE THEM THE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT THE
COMMANDERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.
WE GAVE THEM SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF AIR POWER.
WE BROUGHT IN ARTILLERY, APACHE
HELLO ADOPTERS TO ASSIST THEM.
HELICOPTERS.
THE RESULT?
CALIPHATE DESTROYED AND
TERRITORY RECLAIMED.
TRISH: YOU WERE PUSH BEING FOR
YOU WERE CALLING FOR A GREATER
COMMITMENT THAN THE ONE WE HAD.
WHY DIDN'T THEY DO IT IN YOUR
VIEW?
AND YOU INTERFERING?
IT WAS NOT THAT EASY.
YOU LOOK AT THE TWO MAPS, IT
DIDN'T TAKE TOO LONG, YOU JUST
APPLY A STRATEGY AS ONE YOU
WHY DIDN'T THEY?
NO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND
ONE THAT CERTAINLY BESET ME
QUITE A BIT DURING THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION OF A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA HAD IT USE
THINK ABOUT DEALING WITH ENEMY.
BEAT THEM AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN,
DECISIVE AS YOU CAN.
THAT REDUCES CASUALTIES ON BOTH
SIDES.
CERTAINLY THE IMPACT OF CIVILIAN
CASUALTIES.
HE ALWAYS TOOK A MINIMALIST
LIBYA, HE DIDN'T APPLY WHAT WE
NEEDED TO DO.
HE APPLIED CONSIDERABLY LESSER
DO AN.
WHEN PETRAEUS AND McCHRYSTAL
ASKED FOR FORCES NEEDED IN
AFGHANISTAN, HE CUT THEIR
REQUEST BY 25%.
THAT WAS STAGGERING.
WHEN IT CAME TO WHAT NEEDED TO
CAPABILITY AND RESOURCES LET'S
GET AFTER THESE GUYS AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
BECOMING AN ICONIC BRAND, THEY
WORLDWIDE FOLLOWING.
TRISH, THEY ATTACKED NATO IN THE
LAST THREE YEARS 40 TIMES, NATO
COUNTRIES.
WE COULD HAVE SHUT A LOT OF THAT
DOWN EARLY ON IF WE USED THE
MILITARY FORCE THAT OUR
COMMANDERS WANTED VERY SIGHS
CIVILLY.
TRISH: A SHAME WE DIDN'T BUT
WE'RE DOING IT NOW, GENERAL.
>> YEAH.
WE'RE ABSOLUTELY ON THE RIGHT
PATH.
REMEMBER ISIS, THEY LOOKED AT
IRAQ AND SYRIA AS BEGINNING.
THEY WANTED TO EXTEND THE
CALIPHATE TO JORDAN, TO
SAUDI ARABIA, DOWN THE ARABIAN
PENINSULA.