persian gulf has a thirst for war. joining me now republican senator rand paul of kentucky. good to see you. what s your reaction to these sanctions? good idea? you know i m proud of president trump for not showing restraint. it really takes a statesman to show restraint. whether the sanctions will work is another story. from the iranian perspective, they see the sanctions as an act of war. cutting off their ability to sell any oil to asia which the previous sanctions allow them to sell some oil i think becoming so stringent that they have couple of possibilities. they say we re sorry we re going to negotiate and we re mad we re going to fight. unfortunately, we ve got their back up against the wall. we re more likely to have more military confrontations than we
which can fly between 300 and 3,400 miles. the u.s. accused russia of violating that treaty by secretly testing and deploying those missiles. the u.s. says if russia doesn t back down, it will withdraw completely. the russians deny they have violated the deal. over the weekend, putin went as far as to promise he would not act first. translator: russia will not deploy medium or short-range weapons, unless such weapons appear either in europe or other parts of the world. until such weapons of american origin appear in these regions. reporter: but experts say putin has been aggressively trying to advance many of his weapons capabilities. last year, he boasted of trying to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the united states. a nuclear powered cruise missile wl unlimited range. even an underwater nuclear armed drone. he will take every advantage he possibly can to include an attempt at new military
new direction of our relationship. with. abyei talked of taking trade with china to a new level and hinted at resolving their longstanding differences how. japan and china need to work together and contribute to what the world expects of us. into this award the peace and the stability of the region and that as the world is getting. ties between the two nations deteriorated over a territorial dispute in the east china sea and the series of military confrontations but now they re putting on a united front signing two point six billion dollars in business deals. this is about more than money though japan and china also want to tackle a range of issues including north korea s denuclearization. has invited to
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afghanistan. we are now coming home from those wars and the notion of a new war is not exactly appealing to the american people. if we can achieve a containment of putin and reduce his aggression by concerted action with other european countries and sanctions, let s do it that way. i think that s better to bring more peace to this world and have fewer military confrontations. interesting point. very few americans would probably be willing to go to war to stop putin from getting back some of the iron curtain. appreciate your time as always. next more breaking news coverage. an outfront investigation of how much a threat putin s forces are. plus john mccain, why he knew what was happening there. we re going to ask a man who has met putin more than a dozen times what putin is really thinking. and a wit breaks down at the oscar pistorius trial. before the shots. does her testimony add up?