trump administration is marching the u.s. towards war. i think what we re seeing unfortunately is what looks a lot like people in the trump administration trying to create a pretext or executio excuse foo to war against iran, a war that would undermine our national security. kristin: we re going to dig into this a bit deeper by talking to the foundation for defense of democracy former treasury department terrorism finance analyst, jonathan shanzer. let s start with this intelligence. how solid do you think this intelligence may be? i know it s obviously tough to say and tough to reveal publicly, but how solid do you think it is? having not seen it, i can t vouch for it. what we can say is that initially we were hearing that the brits were disagreeing with the intelligence and all of a sudden they got on-board and we re starting to see the europeans embrace the same
striking at iranian assets primarily in syria right now. the israelis look like the strong horse with a number of others wondering whether they should be getting involved. the only caveat i ll say there is you ve got the saudis battling the iranians in yemen. we just pulled our support from them. it looks as if that effort is likely to fall apart so the iranians will likely emerge as the victor in yemen. paul: sounds like more mixed messages at least to me. notwithstanding the good effort by secretary of state pompeo. jonathan, thank you for coming. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week.
commitment to be a force for good in the middle east. pompeo and national security advisor john bolton traveling to the region this week to reassure our allies following president trump s decision to pull some 2,000 u.s. troops out of syria. the u.s. military said friday that it had begun the withdrawal process despite mixed messages from the administration since the surprise announcement in december. jonathan shanzer is senior vice president of the foundation for defense of democrats. welcome back to the show. appreciate it. so mike pompeo, john bolton both in the middle east this week. how well did they actually reassure the allies? look, i think they both accomplished several things while in the region. i think pompeo s speech in particular reinforced the u.s. message that it is going to take a tough line on iran. i think that pompeo trying to encourage the arab world to work with the israelis to counsel the iranians with something that needed to be said in the region.
commitment to be a force for good in the middle east. pompeo and national security advisor john bolton traveling to the region this week to reassure our allies following president trump s decision to pull some 2,000 u.s. troops out of syria. the u.s. military said friday that it had begun the withdrawal process despite mixed messages from the administration since the surprise announcement in december. jonathan shanzer is senior vice president of the foundation for defense of democrats. welcome back to the show. appreciate it. so mike pompeo, john bolton both in the middle east this week. how well did they actually reassure the allies? look, i think they both accomplished several things while in the region. i think pompeo s speech in particular reinforced the u.s. message that it is going to take a tough line on iran. i think that pompeo trying to encourage the arab world to work with the israelis to counsel the iranians with something that
striking at iranian assets primarily in syria right now. the israelis look like the strong horse with a number of others wondering whether they should be getting involved. the only caveat i ll say there is you ve got the saudis battling the iranians in yemen. we just pulled our support from them. it looks as if that effort is likely to fall apart so the iranians will likely emerge as the victor in yemen. paul: sounds like more mixed messages at least to me. notwithstanding the good effort by secretary of state pompeo. jonathan, thank you for coming. we have to take one more break. when we come back, hits and misses of the week. i switched to stimulant-free miralax for my constipation.