adversely affected by those sanctions that the iranians are trying to get the europeans, the asians to put pressure on the united states to back off on the sanctions. disrupting the oil flow, shooting down a drone was part of that story. they got caught at it. indisputable evidence. that backfired. so now they re trying to threaten enriching uranium beyond the restriction that is imposed in the nuclear deal. what is the reason for that? they want to get the europeans to provide them economic relief, neil, to minimize the impact of those sanctions. that s their motivation. they may go over it and say we ll go back to the restriction but you have to help us out here. after all, the united states pulled out. they re imposing sanctions on us and we don t have any choice but to move in this direction. that s the play that the iranians are making. neil: will sanctions be enough? i think yes.
cutting in half its oil imports, sanctioning its iranian revolutionary guard and all of their economic interests. but i think what the administration never banked on, never counted on is that the adversary has a vote, and the fact is we have preponderance of military force, but in an asymmetrical conflict you can restrict oil flow, you can raise insurance premiums. you can rattle the cages of american allies, and you can force mr. trump into a strike, and i think i think the iranians are prepared for some kind of american retaliation thank god by every indication we have of this president to the extent he can be at all consistent, he does not believe there s a win in most military steps america has taken in recent history. hopefully he sticks by that because none of us really want to see that. but, aaron, you warned me about this when he got out of the deal.
military force, but in an asymmetrical conflict you can restrict oil flow, you can raise insurance premiums. you can rattle the cages of american allies, and you can force mr. trump into a strike, and i think i think the iranians are prepared for some kind of american retaliation thank god by every indication we have of this president to the extent he can be at all consistent, he does not believe there s a win in most military steps america has taken in recent history. hopefully he sticks by that because none of us really want to see that. but, aaron, you warned me about this when he got out of the deal. you said he doesn t understand, nobody is telling him how this works, you just pissed our your allies, the very same people he s going to have to turn to. do you think that s where we re headed? i do. and i think we all need to take a deep breath because this is going to get worse before it
they can in fact affect the flow of oil, and to send a shot across the trump administration s bow about the increasing economic and political pressure. i think it s very much meant to send a message that they can disrupt that oil flow, they can affect the american economy, and frankly the whole world. egg pentagon says that proves it was iran. is it a smoking gun? yes. i have sailed those waters myself, ana. we re only see a small bit of that video. i m sure that the air crawford that was filming that got a lot of other footage as well of that boat leaving its port and returning. i m confident they know this is
murdered their dissident of theirs, and what happens in our region when you break an alliance with saudi arabia? who does that strengthen? are we comfortable with strengthening iran, and the oil flow, and the region? i think you have people who really want to have this debate, and people in washington, d.c., are pretty certain that donald trump is on the wrong side of this debate. i think the american people are actually much more aligned with donald trump. foreign policy, we have tried the spreading of american values, we acknowledge that it doesn t work. not only does not spread democracy, it came at a huge financial cost, a huge cost of lives, and it s time for us to think very seriously about our national interest here and abroad. bret: this is not the last discussion on this i am sure. next outcome of the last of the senate panel of the midterm election season. we will be right back. re-align yourself with align probiotic. and try new align gummies with prebiotics and probiotics