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US strikes Iranian targets · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: So breaking right now, U.S.
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  Speaker 2: Forces are striking IRGC targets in Iran after recent attempted
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  Speaker 2: attacks against commercial shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 2: So this is on once again this afternoon and this
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  Speaker 2: evening in the region. Chief Foreign Correspondent Trey Yinks spoke
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  Speaker 2: with President Trump earlier, and he reports live for us
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  Speaker 2: from Tel Aviv.
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  Speaker 1: Hi, Trey.
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  Speaker 3: Hi, Trey.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Martha, good afternoon.
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  Speaker 4: Currently, the United States is conducting extensive airstrikes against southwestern
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  Speaker 4: Iran next to the Strait of Hormuz, a variety of
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  Speaker 4: different targets being hit. And again, this appears to be
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  Speaker 4: a medium-range target list for the United States, trying to
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  Speaker 4: decrease the threats toward vessels in this critical waterway and
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  Speaker 4: also retaliate for the attack on U.S. forces earlier this week.
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  Speaker 4: I did speak with President Trump earlier, who said a
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  Speaker 4: new warning to Iran. saying if they do respond, they
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  Speaker 4: will be hit much harder. The president went on to say,
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  Speaker 4: this is a.
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  Speaker 1: Very big hit today.
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  Speaker 4: If it goes a third time, they're going to be
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  Speaker 4: totally wiped out as a country. In terms of a
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  Speaker 4: possible agreement with the Iranians, the president said, I think
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  Speaker 4: an agreement with them isn't worth the paper it's written on.
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  Speaker 4: We gave them a lot of chances. And finally, the
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  Speaker 4: president added the USS George Washington is loaded to the gills.
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  Speaker 1: We are loaded up.
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  Speaker 4: The president talking there about the new aircraft carrier that
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  Speaker 4: arrived in theater last week to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln. So,
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  Speaker 4: stepping back here, what we know tonight, the United States
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  Speaker 4: is striking targets in Iran. The Iranians are threatening to retaliate,
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  Speaker 4: and the president is warning Iran against doing this. We
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  Speaker 4: have seen similar warnings from President Trump in the past
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  Speaker 4: against the Iranians, talking about wiping out their country. But, again,
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  Speaker 4: more than six months into this conflict, there is no
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  Speaker 4: sense that we are anywhere close to an agreement in
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  Speaker 4: the region. The president telling FOX News, It can't even
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  Speaker 4: be worth the paper that it's written on. And ultimately,
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  Speaker 4: this tit for tat, the back and forth that we
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  Speaker 4: are seeing right now near to the Strait of Hormuz
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  Speaker 4: is expected to continue. Martha.
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  Speaker 1: Trey Yanks, thank you very much, Trey.
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  Speaker 2: And with that, we bring in retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward,
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  Speaker 2: former deputy commander of U.S. Central Command and member of
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  Speaker 2: the Iran Policy Project at the Jewish Institute for National
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  Speaker 2: Security of America. Admiral Harward grew up in Iran. Admiral,
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  Speaker 2: it's always good to have you with us. Thank you
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  Speaker 2: very much for joining me today. your reaction to this
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  Speaker 2: latest action, military action that the United States is taking
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  Speaker 2: against Iran today.
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  Speaker 5: I think it's.
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  Speaker 3: Going after everything they have that can project power.
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  Speaker 5: There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 3: If you think about the president's comments, it's aligned with
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  Speaker 3: his statement he made in the summer of 05 and
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  Speaker 3: in March of 06 when we started this. I think
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  Speaker 3: negotiations are over. There's no return to the MOU, and
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  Speaker 3: he's going to look for unconditional surrender. That was always
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  Speaker 3: his intent. And now that he's tied both military power
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  Speaker 3: and economic power together, I think he's got a sound
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  Speaker 3: strategy and can accomplish that objective.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, that may require a change in regime,
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  Speaker 2: because they're pulling at every lever of the economy, of
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  Speaker 2: their military strength, absolutely every area that they can hit.
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  Speaker 2: I want to get your thoughts on this, because today
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  Speaker 2: there is a meeting between Russian President Putin and Iranian
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  Speaker 2: President Pozezhkin at the Shanghai Cooperation Summit in Kyrgyzstan. Here
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  Speaker 2: is a picture of the two of them, President Putin
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  Speaker 2: saying— Russia stands in solidarity with the Iranian people.
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  Speaker 1: We admire your courage.
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  Speaker 2: He went on to say, we are trying to provide
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  Speaker 2: you with the assistance you need.
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  Speaker 1: As we've discussed, we are.
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  Speaker 2: Supplying you with the necessary goods, says Putin to Pozezhkin.
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  Speaker 2: China has also, you know, sort of had the same
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  Speaker 2: tone at these meetings.
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  Speaker 1: Your thoughts on that?
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  Speaker 3: Well, now you're going to see political power come to play.
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  Speaker 5: And that's exactly what this is.
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  Speaker 3: Iran has always been a surrogate of Russia and a
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  Speaker 3: surrogate of China.
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  Speaker 5: They both have strategic interests in this.
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  Speaker 3: So while the president's applied both economic and military power,
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  Speaker 3: you're going to start seeing the political power come to play.
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  Speaker 3: including his future visit to China. So you're seeing the
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  Speaker 3: Russians double down. They need this ally. This is their
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  Speaker 3: second front against the West, their first being Ukraine.
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  Speaker 5: So this is essential to this.
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  Speaker 3: And Putin needs to— start thinking, as well as the
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  Speaker 3: rest of the Russian people, what does Russia look like post-Putin?
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  Speaker 3: And so he's setting the stage here to make sure
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  Speaker 3: this ally and their front against the West stays supported.
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  Speaker 3: And so this conflict is much bigger than just the U.S.
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  Speaker 3: and Iran. This is about Russia. It's about China. It's
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  Speaker 3: about Ukraine. All of this is tied together.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, 100 percent.
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  Speaker 2: And you know the region so well, having lived there
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  Speaker 2: and having been the head of U.S.
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  Speaker 1: Central Command.
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  Speaker 2: What's your assessment right now of the position that Iran
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  Speaker 2: is in? Because we're hearing that more ships are making
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  Speaker 2: it through the sort of western side of the strait
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  Speaker 2: on the Oman side.
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  Speaker 1: Ships are getting through. And we know that there's.
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  Speaker 2: A lot, a ton of economic pressure that the Treasury
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  Speaker 2: secretary has put on them. How long before they'll break,
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  Speaker 2: if you think they will?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I know they will. There's no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 3: It is inevitable. We've crossed that tipping point already. Look,
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  Speaker 3: and you can look at what the oil markets are doing.
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  Speaker 3: They've remained stable, $ 80, $ 81 a barrel.
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  Speaker 5: Iran is going to continue to lose resources. They have
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  Speaker 5: none now.
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  Speaker 3: But more and more, people can't put gas in their cars.
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  Speaker 3: People won't be able to heat their homes in the wintertime.
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  Speaker 3: Food will become an issue. All this economic pressure tied
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  Speaker 3: with this continual military campaign will inevitably draw the regime
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  Speaker 3: to the ground, and not so much externally, but I
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  Speaker 3: think more importantly, internally. The people will rise up against
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  Speaker 3: the regime when they have the ability to do that.
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  Speaker 3: And there are things we can help on that side
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  Speaker 3: of the equation as well. So I think all that
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  Speaker 3: is starting to come together.
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  Speaker 5: And you're seeing a.
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  Speaker 3: Full economic, military and political campaign coalesce against the regime
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  Speaker 3: of Iran.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's always interesting to get your take on it.
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  Speaker 2: Because of this military action that we've seen this afternoon,
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  Speaker 2: likely we do see that oil prices are.
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  Speaker 1: Up around 90.
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  Speaker 2: But as you point out, they have sort of hovered
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  Speaker 2: in that region between 80 and 90, as we've seen
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  Speaker 2: the back and forth here.
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  Speaker 1: Admiral Harward, thank you very much. Always good to see you, sir.
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  Speaker 5: Good to see you.
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