>> CHINA, IRAN, AND ROCHE ARE
KICKING OFF FOUR DAYS OF JOINT
WAR GAMES IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
AS IRAN LOOKS TO IMPROVE
MILITARY TIES WITH BEIJING AND
MOSCOW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS
TOPIC.
HOW CONCERNED SHOULD THE
UNITED STATES BE ABOUT THIS
EFFORT MADE BETWEEN THESE THREE
COUNTRIES?
CERTAINLY NOT OUR ALLIES.
>> THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ALLOW US
IN THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THE SITUATION IS.
OFTEN WE HAVE FRIENDS AND ALLIES
IN THE REGION AND BEYOND WHO ARE
PUTTING PRESSURE ON US TO DO
MORE ON IRAN, MORE IN IRAQ.
THE REALITY IS THAT THIS JOINT
EXERCISE BETWEEN RUSSIA, CHINA,
AND AROUND, IT IS A MESSAGE THAT
THESE TWO POWERS ARE TELLING THE
UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES
THAT WERE NOT GOING TO LET HER
RUN DOWN IF YOU DO ANYTHING
AGAINST IT.
THE CALCULATION IT'S NOW FOR THE
UNITED STATES TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION THERE WERE NOT
JUST DEALING WITH IRAN, BUT ALSO
WITH A LARGER ALLIANCE.
>> IN OUR CURRENT NEWS CYCLES WE
HEAR A LOT ABOUT IRAN AND RUSSIA
WORKING TOGETHER WHEN IT COMES
TO SYRIA AND I WANT TO TOUCH ON
THE POINT IN THE MOMENT BUT
FIRST JUST WEAVING CHINA BACK
INTO THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION.
REGARDING THIS, THE CHINESE
DEFENSE MINISTRY SAID THIS ABOUT
THESE NAVAL DRILLS, THAT IT
WOULD DEEPEN EXCHANGE AND
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NAVIES
OF THE THREE COUNTRIES.
OF COURSE THIS IS A VERY
IMPORTANT AREA FOR GETTING OIL
TANKERS FROM PLACE TO PLACE FROM
IRAN.
WHAT DOES CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT
MEAN FOR ALL OF THIS?
>> CHINA AND RUSSIA MADE THIS
STATEMENT AND IS TELLING US THAT
WERE NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO
DISEASE AND CONTROL THIS AREA
AND ISOLATE IRAN.
THIS IS VERY SERIOUS.
THAT STATEMENT IS VERY SERIOUS.
IT COULD BE THAT THEY ARE
WILLING, CHINA AND RUSSIA, TO
SEND SOME OF THEIR FLEETS OR
SHIPS INTO THAT AREA WHICH WOULD
COMPLICATE THINGS.
THIS REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING
ELSE.
OUR PROBLEM WITH KOREA IS VERY
PERIL.
WE THINK WE ARE ONLY DEALING
WITH KOREA.
IT'S MUCH MORE OF AN
INTERNATIONAL COALITION BUSINESS
THAT WERE DEALING WITH.
>> SHIFTING TO SYRIA WE KNOW
THAT RUSSIA AND THE ASSAD REGIME
ARE WORKING TOGETHER AT THIS
POINT IN TIME IT'S CREATED A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
THERE BEEN RENEWED AIR STRIKES
IN THE AIM IS TO GET THIS
NORTHERN PART OF SYRIA THAT IS
STILL CONSIDERED A REBEL
STRONGHOLD FOR THE ASSAD REGIME
TO REGAIN THIS GROUND.
THE PRESIDENT HAS ISSUED A
WARNING IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO EATING LESS.
RUSSIA, SYRIA, IRAN ARE ON THEIR
WAY TO KILLING THOUSANDS OF
INNOCENT CIVILIANS IN THE
PROVINCE.
TURKEY IS WORKING HARD TO STOP
THE CARNAGE.
SO HOW HARD IT IS TURKEY WORKING
AND DOES THIS WARNING FROM THE
PRESIDENT HAVE PEACE RIGHT NOW?
>> THAT'S THE WHOLE QUESTION.
THE PRESIDENT IS REALLY
MESSAGING PRESIDENT DERRIDA ONE
TAKE BACK THAT AREA AND PUT IT
BACK UNDER THE ASSAD REGIME.
IT WILL BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
IF NOT MILLIONS OF CIVILIANS WHO
WILLFULLY.
THOUGH FLEENOR TOWARDS TORQUAY.
THEY COULD GO TO EUROPE.
IT'S A VERY SERIOUS MATTER.
UNFORTUNATELY THE PRESIDENT IS
NOW VERY INTERESTED IN
INTERVENING IN LIBYA.
THAT'S WHY THIS IS A REMINDER BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TAKE CARE OF
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> YOU BROUGHT UP LIBYA AND THAT
IS A LOT OF CHALLENGES THERE AS
WELL.
WHERE DOES THAT STAND RIGHT NOW.
>> IN LIBYA YOU HAVE A SYRIAN
WAR.
ON ONE ANY OF THE LIBYA NATIONAL
ARMY BUT IT'S NOT RECOGNIZED BY
THE GOVERNMENT IN TRIPOLI WHICH
IS BACKED BY TURKEY.
AS LONG AS THE FACTIONS WERE
INTERNAL WE COULD HAVE SOLVED
POLITICALLY BUT NOW WITH THIS
WARNING FROM PRESIDENT ERDOGAN
THAT HE MAY SEND HIS AIR FORCE
TO LIBYA, THAT COMPLICATES
THINGS BECAUSE YOU'VE CREASED IT
WOULD OPPOSE THIS, ITALY AND
FRANCE.
THE ADMIT MONITORING IS
DESTABILIZED AND WE NEED THE
U.S. TO BE VERY STRONG AND
TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
>> IN THIS LATEST WITH THE
PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE SAYING
TURKEY IS WORKING HARD TO STOP
THE CARNAGE AND SEEMS TO BE
LEAVING A LOT ON TURKEY IN THAT
RESPECT.
AND WHAT CAN WE DEPEND ON
TURKEY?
THERE'S BEEN A BACK AND WITH IT.
AS TO EXPECTATIONS AND IF
THEY'RE GOING TO MEET ANY OF THE
U.S. EXPECTATIONS ON THE GROUND.
>> WE HAD THE TEST AND NORTHEAST
AREA AND WE SAW THE
PRESIDENT ERDOGAN GOVERNMENT DID
NOT LISTEN TO THE CALLS FOR
CEASE-FIRE BY THE UNITED STATES
AND THEN KIND OF IMPOSE THEIR
CONDITIONS ON THE CEASE-FIRE.
NOW REALLY I THINK
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S RIGHT TO ISSUE
THAT WARNING BECAUSE AFTER THAT
WE HAVE NOT IT GAUGED IN
NORTHWESTERN SYRIA EXCEPT HAVING
RUSSIA, IRAN.
>> THINK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHT.