In the world by far. I will be making a statement tomorrow michael jordan. The missiles, more than a dozen of them, Ballistic Missiles hit two bases, one in al asad, the other in erbil. It was a country to country attack aimed at iraq, but aimed at the United States, retaliation for the killing of general Qassem Soleimani last week in a drone strike. He was buried shortly after tonights attack. Irans foreign minister on twitter, as well as tonight apparently signaling restraint, quoting now, we do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression. At the same time the Islamic Revolutionary guard is warning of further bloodshed if iran is bombed, threatening to target dubai, the United Arab Emirates and israel. We have reporters on every angle tonight on Late Development inside the white house, in tehran and baghdad. Pamela brown starts us off. What is the reaction at the white house . Anderson, Administration Sources say theyre waiting for a full Battle Damage assessment as they weigh potential Response Options. One official i spoke to tonight said its no surprise iran chose to target the air bases in iraq housing u. S. Forces. They have been viewed as a possible iranian target for many months. The initial assessment, anderson, is that the iranian missiles struck areas of the al asad base not populated by americans. And a source familiar says that u. S. Personnel had enough Early Warning of the missiles so that they could get out of harms way and go into bunkers. Now one theory white house officials are floating tonight is that iran was trying to perhaps send a message more than inflict harm on the u. S. But its still too premature we should note to know irans intent. And we still dont have a full picture of the battle assessment. Now the president tonight appears to be minimizing the strikes, tweeting that all is well, that so far so good in response to the assessment, as you pointed out with that tweet. Just a few days ago, anderson, youll remember the president drew a red line, saying if iran struck any americans or american assets, that iran would be hit hard and hit fast. At the same time, this president has campaigned on getting out of foreign entanglements. The administration has said it does not want to go to war with iran. Well see if the president follows through on the red line he set for hlf or whether he deescalates the situation. We saw secretary of state mike pompeo and secretary of defense at the white house tonight. Do we know much about their visit . I think it lasted about an lower or so. Shortly after the iranian strikes, the president s Top National Security officials, defense secretary esper, secretary pompeo arrived at the white house to meet with the president in the oval office. They were there for about an hour. An official tells me that they discussed the strike. They looked at different Response Options that had already been worked up. But of course the administration had been preparing for retaliati retaliation. But ultimately, the decision was made to take a more cautious approach, learn more about the fallout from the iranian strike as they weigh these response. Both esper and pompepompeo, othp officials were proponents of the strike against soleimani that led to this counterattack from iran tonight. Anderson . And the president said he is going to make a statement in the morning, or the white house said he will. Thats right. And we dont know exactly what he is going to be saying in that statement, what it will entail, whether hell discuss any retaliation from the u. S. Side. By that time, a battle assessment, Battle Damage assessment should be made because there will be plenty of hours in daylight in iraq so the u. S. Will have a much better understanding of the missile strikes coming from iran tonight. All right. Pamela brown from the white house. Thanks very much. Appreciate it, reporting on the white house tonight. Lets go to Fred Pleitgen who is in tehran for us. What else are you learning about the attacks . Well, the iranians, anderson, seem to be confirming that this was their retaliation for the killing of Qassem Soleimani. And apparently, at least from what were reading into this, it seems to be that this is it and the iranians are saying it doesnt have to go any farther than that. You already mentioned a little of what the foreign minister javad zarif tweeted. He tweeted iran took and concluded proportionate measures in selfdefense under article 51 of the charter, u. N. Charter targeting a base which cowardly armed attack against our citizens and senior officials were launch. Essentially what the iranians are saying that at least according to their assessment, they attacked the base from which the drone, the plane whatever hit Qassem Soleimani took off of. So the area from where the u. S. Attack originated, thats what the iranians wanted to hit. I think a key word in what javad zarif said is concluded. So the iranians are saying they have started their counterattack, and now they have concluded it. So essentially theyre saying none of this has to go any further than this. It is now in President Trumps hands. Whether or not it stays this way or whether it escalates any further. Another thing that was really remarkable is the iranians used their Ballistic Missile program really for the first time, certainly enns u. S. Targets to conduct these strikes that is something that in itself is probably a good deal of messaging from the iranians towards the United States, but also towards the audience here at home as well. One of the things that the iranians have been telling me, have been telling others who have been watching this new crisis unfold is they say look, if the u. S. Is going to start escalating against iran, they need to be aware of two things. First of all, iran controls a bunch of proxy force, we know that in the middle east. But the second thing theyve always talked about has always been their Ballistic Missile program. Theyve always said how much theyve advanced their Ballistic Missile program, how much further their missiles can fly now, how much more accurate they are than they were before. Tonight they certainly have showed that they can hit fairly accurate targets that they pick out and that that Ballistic Missile program is certainly quite dangerous. So the iranians were essentially saying, look, if you want to escalate this whole thing even further, the iranians dont only have to rely on their proxy forces that they have in this region, but also on their Ballistic Missile program as well. Of course the one thing they emphasized shortly after the first hits on that american base, al asad in iraq took place is that it was the irgc, the revolutionary guard corps that conducted this operation. That of course is the unit that Qassem Soleimani was a part of. In fact, the leader of one of the branches of that unit. So that in itself is very important messaging from the iranians, anderson. How much weight should be put in the statement that you read out you think . I mean, one way to read that, as you said, clearly seems to be indicating they said proportional, explained why it was that base, and said its concluded. Now is that something that the u. S. Would put much faith in . Because it doesnt seem like there is a lot of other lines of communication open between iran or certainly directly between iran and the United States. Maybe there is through switzerland or other forces. Yeah, youre absolutely right. Twitter, other forces, and actually us as well. I think i think it certainly appears to be the case that possibly the iranians are trying to message that this can be it if President Trump doesnt escalate any further. One of the reasons i say that, anderson, is because its the kind of messaging weve actually been receiving from the iranians over the past couple of days. I had an interview just two days ago with the main adviser to irans Supreme Leader in military affairs, and that adviser also told me that the iranians are going to strike with their military. Theyre going hit military targets, and that they dont want things to escalate any further than that. They used exactly that same wording, proportional counterstrike to what the u. S. Conducted. And they certainly very much emphasize the point that it doesnt have to escalate any further than that. I had an interview earlier today with javad zarif, with the foreign minister. He also said the iranians are going to take action. Its going to be proportional action, and it can end there if President Trump chooses to have it end there. I think one of the things also that was key for the iranians and that i think might be overlooked sometimes, anderson, is the iranians were very angry about the fact that the americans actually took responsibility for killing Qassem Soleimani. They said to me, look, this is the foreign minister talk, he said look, they killed one of our main generals. They admitted that they killed one of our main generals that makes that an overt act of aggression they said against iran, and therefore the iranians felt they had to retaliate. Now theyre saying look, it can end right here if President Trump doesnt want to take it any further, anderson. Interesting. Fred pleitgen, thanks. If it does and the competing pressures on the president for and against exercising restraint. Joining us for that john king, cnn Global Affairs analyst max boot and cnns military analyst retired army general mark hertling. John, you see the president s tweet, the tone he is taking. Senior Administration Officials saying now is the time for patience and restraint. What does that tell you about a possible u. S. Response . One thing we have learned, anderson, in the last three years is the president s mood and his words and his tone on twitter can change pretty quickly. But what it tells you tonight is the administration is taking a breath. Theyre waiting for the Battle Damage assessment. At this moment they believe there were no american casualties, which is hugely significant here. And what a lot of Administration Officials, especially pentagon officials are saying privately is iran is capable of throwing a much tougher punch if it wanted to. So theyre trying to sort all this out. Was iran doing this for domestic political purposes . Was iran being very careful here . Can iran be trusted . Here is the challenge, his own words on the record in the last 72 hours saying if iran does anything, anything, and iran did something, he would fight back. He would retaliate. He would push back. Those were his words in the last few days. Bhiz instincts as a candidate and president were to not get involved. He called his predecessor stupid for getting into endless wars in the middle east and said he wanted to have no part of it. So the president has to have a conversation with himself before he delivers that speech tomorrow. General hertling, its very easy to stumble into a war and difficult to get out of one. I wonder what your perspective is on where things stand at this hour. And each ven if iran is saying concluded, there are also proxy forces that iran has influence over but may not fully control that could potentially threaten u. S. Troops in iraq. Yeah, im very concerned about that, anderson, because i think what were talking about is a Ballistic Missile fight. We used to call it in the old days counterartillery and artillery batteries. But this is much more significant from the standpoint of what iran has with regard to weaponry. But it appears to me from a military analyst standpoint is they are definitely sending a message. Not only a message to the United States of hey, its time to back this thing down. Lets have a little bit constraint. Theyre also, make no mistake about it, sending a message to the Iraqi Government and id add even though we havent focused as much attention on the strike in erbil, theyre sending a message to the Kurdish Regional government as well. These are both governments, both the Iraqi Government and the kurdish government have said hey, the Iranian Military has been contrary. Their Paramilitary Forces are contrary to what weve been trying to do in iraq to bring nationalism to that country, even though they have contributed to the fight against isis. This is all very confusing, but i think the message being sent is if you keep americans on your soil and you allow them to strike iran from either al asad or from erbil, there are going to be repercussions against you as an Iraqi Government and you as a kurdish government. And thats problematic in my view that even though we havent heard a whole lot about the effect of the strike in erbil, thats as important as the one on al asad. Interesting. Max, the fact that as far as we know there were no u. S. Forces casualties, still unclear also on iraqi casualties, and again, were still kind of, you know, what five or so hours into this. So who knows what the information will be in the morning, but if there are no casualties, no fatalities, does that give the president , this administration an easier time . It would seem to give them an easier time to deescalate if thats what they want to do. Yes, no doubt about it, anderson. Because trumps primary red line has been about taking american lives. And he reacted very strongly when a contractor was killed in an earlier attack. Now he has also said he would hit back very hard and very fast to any attack on any u. S. Base. But i would hope that this would allow him to show some courageous restraint. And im mildly relieved to see the tone of his tweet tonight which did not include any further bellicose threats, and clearly the iranians are signaling that they want to be restrained because they could have mounted a much larger scale attack, and theyre basically saying that if there is no furthe retaliation from the United States we will let it lie. And so i would hope that President Trump would take this opportunity, because a few hours ago, i think i and the rest of the world, everybody was very alarmed that we were really on the knife edge of an allout war with iran, and i think that would have been much more likely if there had been u. S. Or iraqi casualties. And the knafact that there havet been has been thankful in and of itself. Thank goodness that our personnel in harms way were not harmed. But the larger good news here is that this allows us a way to deescalate and avoid an allout war, at least for the time being. Yeah. John, cnn made an important point earlier tonight. As the situation unfolds, there are only acting officials in some key post, including National Director of intelligence, Homeland Security secretary. At this point, who really has the president s ear . It mainly the Vice President . Secretary pompeo and defense secretary esper . Two sides to this coin, anderson. There is no question from the early days of the trump administration, the failure to fully staff up the government and the turnover that leaves you with an acting Homeland Security secretary is no good. Chad wolf was Briefing Members of Congress Today about what he says are protections here in the homeland in case iran decided to project somehow inside the United States. So the administration insists its working, but anyone else would tell you its by far not perfect to have vacancies in turnover and acts as opposed to Senate Confirmed officials. The flip side is if you go back to the early days of trump administration, even the second year of the trump administration, there is a lot of talk about inconsistency, back stabbing and infighting among the top members of the National Security team, the very top members. Now you hear with the new National Security adviser obrien, secretary of state pompeo, his deputy his former deputy at the cia, gina haskell is the cia director, mark esper, general miley, the relatively new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, what you do hear people at home might not agree with the decisions, but you hear from all quarter, members of congress, people inside those different agencies is that there is much more cooperation, coordination, continuity and effective management of the National Security team at the top. That doesnt mean you dont have some issues when you dont have the worker bees in the second, third and fourth layers of government. But think about the Rex Tillerson days, the jim mattis days. Much less infighting of the people who are closest to the president. And to your point about who has his ear, there is no question that mike pompeo has been a driving force in the iran policy in recent weeks and months. John king, max boot, general hertling, appreciate it. Coming up next, were going talk to a congressman who served in iraq about the attack and how best to respond. And a live report from baghdad where there are mixed feelings about American Forces right now and their commander in chief. Well be right back. Differentl. We need a Great Network all the time. vo everyone in your family is different. Thestwe always gaming and this one is always on facetime. vo thats why verizon has plans to mix and match starting at just 35 dollars. Plus, iphone 11 on us when you buy the latest iphone. The network more people rely on, gives you more. I must admit. I had a few good tricks to help hide my bladder leak pad. Like the old tunic tug. You know it, right . But i dont have to, with always discreet. I couldnt believe the difference. Its less bulky. And it really protects. Watch this. The super absorbent core turns liquid and odor to gel, and locks it away. So i have nothing to hide. Always discreet. 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A good thing no american or Iraqi Coalition forces as far as we know were killed in the attacks. There has been conflicting reports on iraqi forces, but were waiting to see official statements on that from iraq and from the United States. It also remains to be seen whether all truly is well and what happens next. Next someone who served in iraq and serves in congress on the Armed Services committee, congressman seth moulton. Thanks for being with us. As an iraq war veteran yourself, i want to get your initial reaction to whats happened tonight. You know, first of all, just say, anderson, that i remember what it was like to be in the desert in kuwait on the brink of war with iraq. And subsequently, later to learn how hard it was on my parents back here at home, worrying about that war. And on the brink of a war that could far more devastating for our troops for our american families, im thinking of them tonight. And ill tell you what, i also fought iran on the ground in iraq. I fought iranian proxies. And as someone who has been willing to fight them and frankly, is willing to go fight them again if necessary, ill tell you this war is not necessary right now. It is not in our Strategic Interests to go to war with iran. So we have to talk about how we prevent that from happening. The first thing is we have to stop this escalation. Take the opportunity that iran has presented us to not escalate this any further. Its not in our Strategic Interests in the middle east. Its not in our Strategic Interests globally to get bogged down in a war with iran. The second, weve got rebuild our relationship with iraq before its too late, because they do provide a very important base for news the middle east to continue the fight against isis. We have a lot of work to do to rebuild our relationships with our allies to get iran back in the nuclear deal to stop them from building a nuclear weapon. Those are some of the steps we can start to think about tonight. But the first thing is to prevent outright war from breaking out. Were clearly on the path to war, and i think its time to find an exit. In the way that iran chose to strike, Ballistic Missiles clearly coming from iran, claiming responsibility right away, just as the u. S. Did for the killing of soleimani, in terms of the targets that they picked, how they went about this, you see an opportunity for deescalation, that this was you know, there is one statement from an iranian official saying this was a proportional response, and its concluded. Thats a signal, do you think . I think it is. I mean, i dont know any americans aside from maybe mike pompeo who truly want to go to war with iran. I dont think that most of the iranian people relish a war, an outright war with the United States. But weve gotten ourselves into a box here with a president who has promised to start this war if he thinks its necessary, who has already escalated things dramatically, much more so than any other president certainly in my lifetime with iran. And, of course, the reaction to killing soleimani in iran was to unite everybody behind him and behind the hardliners, exactly the people we dont want to empower. If you step back for a second, just a week ago, there were mass protests in iran against people like soleimani. They had a real problem on their hand after his Security Forces killed hundreds of iranian citizens. And at the same time, there were protests in iraq against the iranian presence. Both of those things were in our interests. That was a helpful those were helpful developments. Well, the president s strike has reversed all of that progress, because now soleimani is a martyr. He is a hero back at home. Iraq is now in irans pocket, not in ours. Theyre trying to kick american troops out of iran sorry, theyre trying to kick american troops out of iraq, not protest irans presence. So weve really taken some serious steps backwards, and weve got to reverse course because ultimately, what the president has done is not in the National Security interests of the country. As bad as soleimani is, he is a bad guy. Hes killed americans. He has american blood on his hands. We all know that. But this was not smart. It just the very thing that soleimani and, you know, his cronies in iran wanted from the beginning has been the u. S. Getting out of iraq. Sure. So they have unfettered to it and dominance of it. Thats the very idea that that might actually result from whats happened is its kind of i think i said early, its ironic. Soleimani himself has literally been fighting to achieve this goal of getting america out of iraq. For the last ever since we got there, for the last 15 years. So its ironic that his death might actually achieve that goal. And it just shows how stupid the administrations strategy is. You know, lets just think about this for a second from the administrations perspective, because theyve been very clear about what they want to achieve with their iran policy. The first thing they say is to deter regional aggression, to stop iran from attacking us and our allies. Of course, theyve done the exact opposite. Theyve escalated that aggression. Number two, they say they want to prevent iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Well, iran has restarted its Nuclear Program in full because of the president s strike. Number three, they say they want to bring iran to the negotiating table. Ill tell you what, iran has never been farther gray the negotiating table in my lifetime, thanks to the president s actions. Even if you just take the administrations strategy at face value, theyre failing miserably. Congressman seth moulton, i appreciate your time tonight. 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He also threatened to impose sanctions on baghdad, our ally if the iraqis did not treat the u. S. Fairly. The afternoon ended with iranian missiles falling on iraq, two bases, and the evening ends here with President Trump tweeting that all is well. A new day has begun in baghdad. Arwa damon is there now. Whats is the latest youre hearing about the attacks and how its being received in iraq . Well, anderson, at this stage, still trying to piece together a lot of information. We had earlier just after these strikes took place spoken to an Iraqi Security source who had said that they believed that there were casualties among the iraqis at the base, although exactly how many or if they were wounded or killed is unclear. Now were hearing from two other sources that there were no casualties. We still have not heard, though, anything officially coming out from the Iraqi Government or from the iraqi military. Presumably, they too are trying to figure out exactly what happened, what was damaged, if there were any casualties, and then what their response should be. Because this is not at the end of the day just a military response that were talking about, or just a military confrontation thats unfolding. Iraq is stuck in the middle of all of this. And for iraq, anderson, this is still very political as well. And these two base, how significant are they . Also just location. One is in erbil. Yeah, one base is in erbil, which is in the psalm autonomous kurdish region of iraq, and that part of iraq was always considered sort of the other iraq. It was spared much of the violence that had plagued the rest of the country. The base there is very close to the airport. The other location that was targeted is the al asad air base, this massive sprawling base in al Anbar Province that was once the heart of the sunni insurgency. Both of these locations very central to the u. S. Militarys options both in iraq and syria. Remember, the u. S. Has temporarily suspended its antiisis operation, suspended its training of the iraqi Security Forces. But both of these locations most certainly very central to that effort. All right. Arwa damon, be careful. Thank you. Qassem soleimanis remains were brought back to his place of origin in iran. The question, what comes next of course remains uppermost. Just ahead, ill talk with two veteran journalists with incredibly Extensive Knowledge of the region, one of whom was held captive in iran to get their take on the next hours and days. Ive always been running running to meetings, errands. Now im running for me. Ive always dreamed of seeing the world. But im not chasing my dream anymore. I made a Financial Plan to live it. Every day. At Northwestern Mutual, our version of Financial Planning helps you live your dreams today. Find a Northwestern Mutual advisor at nm dot com. 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He writes about his ordeal in his book prisoner 544 days in an iranian prison. Dexter, when we talked earlier in the eig8 00 hour, when you l at the weapons used, the targets, the other options that they had at their disposal that were not used, that this was in large part for political domestic reasons in iran, do you still feel that way . Yeah. Were reading tea leaves. Right. So were speculating a bit. But the tea leaves we have suggest that this was done its kind of theater, and it was done for the iranian people. And look, we hit them back. We took action. We killed some people. We restored our pride. And now the indications are, if you look at the statement that javad zarif, the foreign minister just gave, he looks like hes heading for the offramp. He does. As you know, things can always change. You think back to hurricane katrina, you know, all the headlines, new orleans dodged a bullet, dodged the storm, and then the levees broke later on. Right. Totally different situation, but you never know whats going to happen 12 hours from now. Yeah. And i think, you know i dont think the iranians are going to stop. I think that their ultimate goal, or if not their shortterm goal, their medium goal is to get the americans out of iraq. Theyre certainly going to keep working on that. And if that works, probably out of afghanistan as well. And they have a lot of influence in both of those places. Yeah, so i think if even if the shooting stops, there is going to be a lot of conflict. Jason, you have firsthand knowledge of how the Iranian Regime tries to leverage geopolitical flash points. You said tonight was a measured response designed to draw a line. You kind of explain that . Yeah, i really agree with what dexter just explained. I think that there was a possibility that iran could have done a lot more. They have the knowhow and the lay of the land in that part of iraq to inflict a lot more damage. But, you know, they had to do something. Its not about play indicating the iranian people. Its more about showing the iranian people that theyre capable of responding. If you remember, it was just six weeks ago that there was massive protests throughout iran. Well can expect more that of in the future. And if they just kind of laid down and took this, it would have shown a great weakness on their part. Ultimately, i also think that President Trump isnt really looking for a larger conflict with iran, although i think his top advisers certainly secretary of state pompeo and others at the state department are, but for the moment, it seems like the president s got the cooler head. I know thats not always the case, but it seems to be that way tonight. How much, dexter, do you think it depends on the afteraction reports, no u. S. Casualties, how the iraqis view iraqi casualties, if any. Well, we dont know what the intentions of the iranians were, but if in fact they didnt kill any americans, then we all got lucky. I dont if those missiles that went into those two bases, if they had killed americans, i think wed be having a different conversation. I think the pressure would be the pressure would be that much greater on the president to respond. Yeah. And there has been no official statement either from the u. S. Or from iraq about any wounded, any casualties, the like. Jason, what about the iranian people . Its hard from this Vantage Point to say what their reaction circumstances sure. What people think privately, what people how people demonstrate publicly. I think we always have to remind ourselves that no country is a monolith, even if theyre led by authoritarians the way iran is. There is a small cadre of people, a small percentage of people that are hardcore loyalists to the regime, and there is a small percentage of the people who want nothing more than to see the end of the regime very quickly by any means necessary. And then there is the vast majority of people who may have feelings one way or the other, but arent necessarily looking to get overly involved. And the role that general soleimani played in this context for iranians was that of somebody who was able to keep some sense of security within iranian borders. While the rest of the region was, you know, on fire in all the countries around iran and often at the hands of the irgc and the quds forces that he commanded, iran was pretty immune from that sort of attack on its soil for years. So there is some anger there. And there is also, as you well know, a love and pride of country. Its a nation that charts its history back thousands of years. And so any attack is going to elicit a very emotional response. Ultimately, though, i dont think we can say that the people are rallying around the flag in the way that some people have implied. But there is a strong sense that you want to defend your homeland. Thats natural. Yeah. Dexter, just in terms of Iraqs Parliament has voted to expel u. S. Forces, what does it actually mean in iraq . There is still the cabinet to discuss this. There is they dont have the final say. No. And in fact, the Prime Minister, adil abdul mahdi, pro western guy, i cant imagine wants the americans to leave. He announced his resignation over a month ago and he is still there. Its really hard to know. I think we should take no statement as definitive. And i my sense is that Prime Minister doesnt want this. He didnt want the americans to leave, because then he is powerless against the iranians and then he is totally vulnerable. So they need the americans to basically be a bulwark against and traditionally that was part of the policy. It wasnt just to fight icy, it was to be a bulwark against iran in the region. Look, one of the many ironies of the American Invasion of iraq is, you know, we spent trillions of dollars and lost several thousand lives. 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So far i havent heard of any casualties. I was expecting this as soon as i heard the president ordered the killing of the general. I knew what he did was made america less safe. Is this thats how you see it, this is a move by the Iranian Regime for domestic politics at home in iran . Because if it is, then theres a chance of deescalation from the point. I think theres chance of deescalation the question is do we have the people the competence on the side in the white house to work towards deescalation. I dont know. The president ordered this killing with without planning for the consequences and so badly handled the next steps. What do you do after you kill a man. I dont have confidence they can handle deescalation. Senator graham said if youre watching tv iran. Your fate is in your own hands in terps of the regime economic viability. If you continue this youll wake up out of the oil business. How do you interpret that . What this situation needs is a lot less chest thumping. And actual diplomacy. My focus is on the security of the American People and troops over seas and National Security. And riling up iran and proxies and terrorists groups that look for leadership doesnt make america more safe. It risks National Security. All of us here who are in washington owe it to do our jobs and actually try to protect American People. And thumping your chest and making these statements frankly is amateur hour. How do you think the u. S. Should respond to this . I think we need to have a measured response. I want to know what the Administration Plan is. So they kill a general. What are they going to do. They have shown in the last several days they have no plans for handling the after math. They couldnt stop a letter from the department of the defense over to the Iraq Parliament to say were pulling out troops . They didnt know they were doing that . The people in the pentagon are doing Something Else than the general. I want to see cohesiveness. And i havent seen it so far. The white house has said the president has said in the past hes open to talk without conditions. Its not clear to me exactly what the u. S. Policy is right now. In terps of what the administration wants from iran. I dont think its clear. And i dont think they have an idea. There are factions within the administration so far. And i think this a lot has to do with the president s lack of impulse control. When he makes decisions. He thought that he got good press from the albaghdadi raid. And doing this will give him positive coverage. It didnt work out and made america less safe. What he achieved is give iran everything they want in the end. They want less american influence. America out of iraq. They want to turn the tide of the protests against iran. Which happened all summer long in iraq and throughout the middle east. Its a protest against americans. They didnt want their general killed. But at the end of the day the regime got what they want. Greater influence in the middle east and less american presence. The president tweet td all is well. Missiles launched in iran at two military bases. Assessment taking place now. So far so good. We have the most powerful military in the world. I will make a statement tomorrow morning. Is all well . All is not well. We need to be very much on alert for threats to americans assets. American troops and personnel. And americans traveling around the world. Remember that a lot of these groups that the iranians are supporting are not directly controlled by iran. We have no idea if some rogue group funded by iran may not target acts throughout the middle east. America National Security is in a worse shape than it was before the president launched this attack. I appreciate the time. Well be right back. Its a thirteenhour flight, thats not a weekend trip. Fifteen minutes until we board. Oh yeah, we gotta take off. 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