Gen Keane: This will be ‘FULL THROTTLE’

[0:00] ALL RIGHT, ACCORDING TO [0:02] REPORTS, IRAN'S ISLAMIC [0:03] REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IS NOW [0:05] CONSOLIDATING POWER INSIDE OF [0:06] IRAN. [0:07] IN OTHER WORDS, THE HARDLINE [0:08] RADICALS WHO HAVE TERRORIZED THE [0:10] WORLD FOR DECADES ARE LIKELY [0:11] RUNNING THE SHOW. [0:12] THE GUYS WITH GUNS, NOT THE GUYS [0:14] IN THE SUITS THAT WILL BE IN [0:16] PAKISTAN. [0:17] HERE WITH MORE FOX NEWS, [0:19] STRATEGIC ANALYST, OUR FRIEND [0:20] GENERAL JACK KEENE IS WITH US. [0:21] GENERAL, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. [0:23] IF WE WERE GOING TO BE VERY [0:25] BLUNT AND VERY, VERY HONEST, [0:26] PARTICULARLY, I THINK IT IS A [0:31] PARTICULARLY, THE EASIER PATH FOR [0:33] THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE TO WIPE [0:34] THEM OUT, OBLITERATE THEM, HIT [0:36] ALL THOSE TARGETS. [0:37] BUT THE REALITY IS, THE [0:39] PRESIDENT REALLY DEEP DOWN DOES [0:41] NOT WANT TO DO THAT TO THE [0:42] IRANIAN PEOPLE. [0:43] I APPLAUD HIM FOR THAT. [0:45] AND HE'S GOING THE EXTRA MILE. [0:47] HOWEVER, WHEN THERE'S A REPORT [0:49] OUT TONIGHT, THE IRANIAN, OUR [0:51] PARALMENTARY SPEAKER, SAYING THAT [0:53] THEY HAVE NEW CARDS TO PLAY [0:55] INSIDE OF IRAN. [0:56] I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE [0:58] ONE OF THE HARD LINERS FROM DAYS [1:00] GONE BY, NOW IN CHARGE OF THE [1:03] GUNS, I'M LESS OPTIMISTIC THAN [1:05] I WAS OVER THE WEEKEND. [1:09] YEAH, SURE. [1:10] WELL, YOU HAVE CAUSE TO BE, [1:12] SEAN, TO BE FRANK. [1:13] I THINK WHAT WE'RE WITNESSING [1:15] RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES IS A POWER [1:18] STRUGGLE INSIDE OF IRAN. [1:19] I THINK THEY ARE REALLY AT ODD. [1:21] WE HAVE TALKED TO GALABOFF IN [1:22] THE PAST AND SO WE KNOW FOR A [1:24] FACT THAT HE IS GOING TO MAKE [1:26] SOME COMPROMISES ON THE DEAL. [1:27] AND YES, GALABOFF, WHILE HE WAS [1:29] A GENERAL IN THE IRGC AT ONE [1:31] POINT, RIGHT ALONG WITH VAHITI, [1:33] WHO IS NOW THE HEAD, THE HEAD [1:35] GENERAL IN THE IRGC. [1:36] GALABOFF DOES REPRESENT THE [1:38] POLITICAL SIDE OF IT BECAUSE [1:39] HE'S THE HEAD SPEAKER IN THE [1:40] FACT THAT HE IS GOING TO MAKE [1:43] SOME COMPROMISES ON THE DEAL. [1:44] IN OTHER WORDS, SOME CONCESSIONS [1:46] TO THE UNITED STATES. [1:47] IT'S LIKELY, WE DON'T KNOW FOR [1:49] A FACT, BUT VAHITI DISAGREES [1:51] WITH ALL OF THAT. [1:52] AND THIS POWER STRUGGLE IS GOING [1:54] ON, AND WHAT WILL BE THE [1:56] RESOLUTION OF IT? [1:57] THERE'S A COUPLE OF PATHS HERE. [1:59] ONE, TAKE PRESIDENT TRUMP [2:01] SERIOUS, THAT IF YOU DON'T COME [2:03] TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE AND [2:05] THE CEASE-FIRE ENDS. [2:06] BY THE WAY, IT'S WEDNESDAY, NOT [2:09] TUESDAY, IT ENDS. [2:10] AND IF IT ENDS ON WEDNESDAY, AND [2:13] HE PROMISES TO GO BACK TO FULL [2:15] COMBAT OPERATIONS. [2:16] BUT LET ME, SO OUR AUDIENCE [2:19] UNDERSTANDS, WE HAVE TWICE THE [2:22] CAPABILITY ON THE U.S. SIDE IN [2:24] THE THEATER NOW THAN WHAT WE [2:26] HAD WHEN WE STARTED THE WAR. [2:28] WE HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP BRINGING [2:30] IN ADDITIONAL ASSETS TO ASSIST [2:33] WITH THE EXECUTION OF A WART [2:36] TIME OBJECTIVES. [2:37] THE ISRAELIS WHO HAD SOME [2:39] AMMUNITION SHORTAGES HAVE FULL [2:41] MAGAZINE DEPTH NOW. [2:42] SO IF WE GO BACK TO COMBAT [2:44] OPERATIONS, THEY ARE GOING TO [2:46] BE ABSOLUTELY FULL THROTTLE AND [2:48] CONSIDERABLY MORE DRAMATIC THAN [2:50] ANYTHING THE IRANIANS HAVE [2:52] EXPERIENCED TO INCLUDE ALL THE [2:54] TARGETS THE PRESIDENT IS TALKING [2:56] ABOUT AND THEN SOME. [2:58] BUT VAHITI, LISTEN, HARDLINERS [3:00] HERE. [3:02] THE PRESIDENT HAS A COUPLE OF [3:05] CHOICES HERE. [3:06] ONE, OKAY, WORK IT OUT WITH [3:08] GALIBOFF AND LET'S NOT TEST THE [3:10] PRESIDENT. [3:11] LET'S GO TO THE NEGOTIATIONS BUT [3:13] PUT SOME STRICT CONTROLS ON [3:15] GALIBOFF IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. [3:17] OR, AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF THIS, [3:20] SEAN, TEST THE PRESIDENT AND [3:22] ACCEPT GOING BACK TO COMBAT [3:24] OPERATIONS BECAUSE IN THE END [3:26] WHERE THEY ARE, THEY BELIEVE [3:28] THE PRESIDENT WILL NOT GO [3:30] COMPLETELY TO THE END OF IT. [3:31] THE PRESSURE ON HIM [3:33] POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY [3:34] WILL FORCE HIM TO END IT [3:35] PREMATURELY. [3:36] AND THEY'LL STILL BE STANDING. [3:38] AND THEY'LL HAVE LEVERAGE AS A [3:40] RESULT OF IT. [3:41] AND NO NEGOTIATIONS TAKING [3:43] PLACE AT ALL IS WHAT HE IS [3:46] POSSIBLY THINKING. [3:47] AND I'M TRYING TO PUT MY HEAD [3:49] INSIDE A BONA FIED HARD LINER [3:52] WHO WAS THE GUY THAT WAS IN [3:55] CHARGE OF THE KUDS FORCE AND [3:57] GUESS WHO HE GAVE THAT JOB OVER [3:59] TO, QASIM SOLEMANI. [4:00] SO THIS IS THE ELK OF WHAT WE'RE [4:02] DEALING WITH HERE. [4:03] I JUST WANT OUR VIEWERS TO [4:05] UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THOUGHT [4:06] PROCESSES THAT MAY BE GOING ON [4:07] HERE. [4:08] AND EVEN THE EXTREME THAT I'M [4:10] MENTIONING AND WHY THEY WOULDN'T [4:12] THEY ACCEPT WHAT'S PLAUSIBLE AND [4:15] ALSO REASONABLE? [4:16] WELL, BECAUSE THIS IS THE [4:18] IRANIANS. [4:19] AND WE'VE GOT LONGTIME HISTORY [4:21] WITH HOW UNREASONABLE THEY [4:22] ACTUALLY ARE. [4:23] AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR [4:24] PEOPLE. [4:25] THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT? [4:26] PERSONAL SURVIVAL, THE REGIME [4:28] SURVIVING. [4:29] THAT IS IT. [4:30] AND THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT WHAT'S [4:32] BEST FOR THEIR PEOPLE. [4:33] AND IF WE'RE GOING TO POUND [4:36] IRAN, AND WE WOULD, TO SERIOUSLY [4:38] FORCE AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, [4:39] THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE ON THE [4:41] HORIZON. [4:42] IT WOULD BE LESS ABOUT THEIR [4:44] WEAPONS AND MORE ABOUT THEIR [4:46] FUTURE FOR SURE HERE IN TERMS OF [4:48] THEIR VIABILITY ECONOMICALLY. [4:51] IN VAITI'S MIND, IF HE SURVIVES [4:53] THAT, HE WINS. [4:54] NOW, THAT IS DIABOLICAL THINKING [4:56] FOR SURE. [4:57] BUT THAT IS PART OF THE [4:59] RATIONALE WE HAVE BEEN DEALING [5:01] WITH THESE PEOPLE FOR A LONG [5:02] TIME, SEAN. [5:03] AFTER 14 BUNKER BUSTER BOMBS, THAT [5:07] WAR ENDED IN 12 DAYS. [5:09] THAT WAS PHASE ONE, MIDNIGHT [5:10] HAMMER. [5:11] I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, AFTER [5:13] ALL THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS [5:15] DONE HERE, AND ALL THE DAMAGE [5:16] HE HAS INFLICTED UPON THEM, HOW [5:18] THEY COULD DOUBT IN ANY WAY, [5:19] SHAPE, MANNER, OR FORM HIS [5:20] RESOLVE TO DO IT THE HARD WAY, [5:22] IF HE HAS TO. [5:23] AND I WANT YOUR REACTION TO THAT, [5:25] AND WHAT ABOUT THIS WARNING ABOUT [5:27] WE HAVE NEW CARDS TO PLAY? [5:28] I TAKE THAT AS TYPICAL, [5:30] QUINTESSENTIAL PROPAGANDA AND [5:31] BLUSTER. [5:32] YOUR THOUGHTS? [5:33] YEAH, WELL, WE KNOW OUR [5:36] PRESIDENT, AND YOU WOULD THINK [5:38] THE IRANIANS BY NOW WOULD KNOW [5:42] HIM AS WELL. [5:43] HE HAS A TENDENCY TO FOLLOW [5:45] THROUGH HERE. [5:46] AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF IT. [5:48] SO HE'S PROMISING SOMETHING [5:50] THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO FOLLOW [5:54] SIGNIFICANT AND DRAMATIC IMPACT [5:57] ON THEM THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN [5:59] DOING TO DATE. [6:00] AND I THINK HE WILL ABSOLUTELY [6:02] DELIVER ON THAT. [6:03] HE'S ALSO MAKING A POINT, AND [6:06] CERTAINLY WE UNDERSTAND THIS, [6:08] THAT IN OUR NEGOTIATIONS WHILE [6:11] HE'S WILLING TO TALK, HE'S NOT [6:14] GOING TO PUT UP WITH A BAD [6:16] DEAL. [6:17] THAT IS A FACT. [6:18] BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS AND [6:20] KNOWS WHAT A BAD DEAL LOOKED [6:21] LIKE. [6:22] HE WALKED AWAY FROM ONE, AS WE [6:24] WALKED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT, AND [6:26] THE PRESIDENT IS NOT GOING TO [6:27] BE ABLE TO DO. [6:28] AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE [6:29] WALKED ABOUT IN 2018, THREE [6:30] YEARS INTO, OBAMA'S BAD DEAL. [6:33] SO ARE THEY MAKING [6:34] ASSESSMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT? [6:35] OF COURSE THEY ARE. [6:36] BUT THEY ALSO, I THINK, WHERE [6:37] VAHITI IS COMING FROM, HE [6:38] BELIEVES THERE'S SIGNIFICANT [6:39] PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENT. [6:40] AND IT MAY BE WORTH HIS WHILE [6:42] TO TRY TO ACCEPT WHATEVER THE [6:43] PRESIDENT WANTS TO GIVE HIM. [6:45] I THINK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY [6:47] RECKLESS THINKING, AND HE'S NOT [6:48] BEING RATIONAL. [6:49] I'M JUST TRYING TO PAINT A [6:51] PICTURE HERE OF WHAT CAN BE [6:53] GOING ON. [6:54] HOPEFULLY THE BEST ANSWER FOR [6:56] THE IRANIANS WOULD BE IS [6:58] WHATEVER THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT, [6:59] RESOLVE IT, AND GET SOME [7:01] NEGOTIATORS IN TO SIT DOWN AT [7:02] THE TABLE WITH OUR NEGOTIATORS [7:04] AND SEE IF SOMETHING CAN BE [7:06] WORKED OUT HERE. [7:07] AND CERTAINLY THE UNITED STATES [7:09] HAS HUGE LEVERAGE HERE. [7:11] THE FACT WE CAN'T DISMISS THE [7:14] MAJOR LEVERAGE WE HAVE. [7:16] IN THE FIRST NEGOTIATIONS WE [7:18] HAD THE THREAT OF GOING BACK TO [7:20] COMBAT OPERATIONS FOR SURE. [7:22] AND THE SECOND NEGOTIATIONS [7:24] WHICH WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE, THE [7:26] NUMBER ONE LEVERAGE WE HAVE IS [7:28] WE HAVE SHUT DOWN ALL OF IRANIAN [7:31] EXPORTS. [7:32] OIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE THEY [7:34] EXPORT. [7:35] AND THE REALITY OF THAT IS THAT'S [7:37] 80% OF THEIR REVENUE. [7:38] THAT IS HUGE LEVERAGE IN OF [7:40] THE SECOND PIECE OF LEVERAGE [7:42] WE HAVE, SEAN, IS WHAT I [7:43] MENTIONED. [7:44] FULL THROUGHT OF COMBAT [7:45] OPERATIONS. [7:46] SO WE ARE GOING INTO THESE [7:48] NEGOTIATIONS HOLDING A LOT OF [7:50] CARDS IN OUR HANDS AND ACTUALLY [7:52] A STRONGER HAND THAN WE HAD IN [7:54] THE LAST NEGOTIATIONS. [7:55] PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS THAT. [7:57] OUR NEGOTIATORS KNOW THAT. [7:59] GALLABOFF CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS [8:00] THAT. [8:01] I THINK VAHITI PROBABLY [8:02] UNDERSTANDS IT AS WELL, THE [8:03] HEAD OF THE IRGC. [8:04] REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT HIS [8:06] REACTION IS GOING TO BE TO ALL [8:07] OF THIS. [8:08] I THINK WE'LL KNOW WITHIN 12 TO [8:11] 20 HOURS FOR SURE. [8:12] ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, [8:15] THE ISRAELIS SOMEHOW ARMS GET IN [8:17] THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE. [8:18] BAHITI AND OTHERS I DON'T THINK [8:20] WOULD SURVIVE. [8:21] 180% INFLATION RATE. [8:22] THEIR CURRENCY IS NOW WORTHLESS. [8:24] ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE [8:26] HALF THEIR WORKFORCE NOT [8:27] WORKING. [8:28] THIS WILL BE DEVASTATING. [8:30] HOPEFULLY THE IRANIAN PEOPLE [8:31] WILL WAKE UP. [8:32] THAT BECOMES THEIR MOMENT OF [8:34] TRUTH, TOO. [8:35] GENERAL, AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE [8:36] YOU BEING WITH US. [8:37] WE APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHTS, [8:38] SIR. [8:39] THANK YOU. [8:40] THANK YOU. [8:41] THANK YOU. [8:42] HANGING OUT WITH ME, SEAN HANNITY, THE BIG INTERVIEWS, THE DEBATES YOU WON'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE. [8:47] LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE FOR NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY.