BRET, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IN ADDITION TO A FRESH
INTERVIEW FROM THE IDF
PERSPECTIVE, AND AS WE HAVE NOW
LEARNED, THE HOUSE WAS
EXTREMELY SURPRISED BY THE
SCALE OF THIS ATTACK.
ONE SENIOR OFFICIAL EVEN TOLD
US THAT HIS HAND WAS LITERALLY
TREMBLING AS HE WAS IN THE
SITUATION ROOM, WRITING NOTES
AS IRAN WAS CARRYING OUT THIS
ATTACK AGAINST SOMEONE
WHO KNOWS THE CAPABILITIES
OF IRAN.
ALL TOO WELL.
FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER ROBERT O'BRIEN.
MATTER OF FACT HE WAS IN THE
SITUATION ROOM WITH OTHER KEY
TRUMP CABINET MEMBERS WHEN
IRAN'S MAJOR GENERAL QASSEM
SOLEIMANI, THE BRUTAL MILITARY
COMMANDER RESPONSIBLE FOR
KILLING HUNDREDS OF U.S.
SERVICE IN IRAQ, WAS KILLED.
>> ROBERT, REALLY GREAT TO HAVE
YOU, YOU BEING WITH US.
>> GOOD TO BE WITH YOU HERE.
SO, FIRST OFF, ROBERT,
YOUR IMMEDIATE REACTION WHEN
YOU WITNESSED LAST NIGHT'S
ATTACK, WERE YOU SURPRISED LIKE
THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
WITH REGARD TO HOW LARGE THE
ATTACK WAS, BECAUSE
THE IRANIANS HAVE SAID FOR MANY
YEARS THEY INTEND TO DESTROY
ISRAEL.
THEY WANT TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF
THE MAP TAKEN OUT OF THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THEY SUPPORTED THE ATTACK
ON OCTOBER 7TH, A BRUTAL
TERRORIST ATTACK FROM LOS.
SO THIS IS THIS IS IRAN
CROSSING A BIG RED LINE.
WHAT WAS HEARTENING TO SEE HERE
WAS THE RESPONSE TO THE MISSILE
DEFENSE SYSTEMS.
THE ALLIED COALITION COMING
TOGETHER WITH JORDAN AND OTHER
ARAB STATES AND THE U.K.
AND U.S., AND THEN, OF COURSE,
ISRAEL'S PHENOMENAL IRON DOME
AND ARROW SYSTEMS.
THEY INTERCEPTED THESE VESSELS
AND KEPT THE INJURIES STANDARD
ONES FOR A MUSLIM GIRL WAS SORT
OF DANGEROUS AND.
>> ROBERT, WE WERE JUST LOOKING
AT THE PICTURE OF YOU IN THE
SITUATION WITH TRUMP THAT NIGHT
THAT SOLEIMANI WAS KILLED.
AND I'M JUST IF YOU WERE IN THE
SITUATION, IF YOU WERE INDEED
THE SITUATION ROOM AGAIN LAST
NIGHT, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN
BRINGING UP?
YOUR ADVICE, YOUR CONCERNS,
YOUR STRATEGY.
I THINK THE PHOTOS OF THE
BAGHDADI RAID.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S HANDS WOULD
NEVER SHAKE.
YOU KNOW WHAT HANDS WERE
SHAKING IN THE SITUATION ROOM
AND OUR ADMINISTRATION, WE
THE CAPABILITIES OF IRAN AND WE
HAVE RESTARTED THE TYRANTS
WE'VE GOTTEN HERE BECAUSE WE'VE
HAD A POLICY OF APPEASEMENT
AROUND THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
I THINK THERE ARE THINGS
IN FOREIGN POLICY
THAT PRESIDENTS TOWARD UKRAINE
AND UP UNTIL NOW, UNTIL
RECENTLY, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN.
BUT THEY'VE HAD THE APPEASE
AROUND AS THEY'VE TRIED TO BY
IRAN, ALSO HAVE GIVEN IRAN
MORE MONEY IN SANCTIONS RELIEF.
AND KEEP THIS IN MIND.
IT IS IT'S QUITE ASTOUNDING
THE IDEA THAT IRAN MORE MONEY
IN SANCTIONS RELIEF IN A
HOSTAGE RANSOM THAT GIVEN
UKRAINE, TAIWAN AND ISRAEL
COMBINED ALL OF THAT HAS GONE
TO IRAN'S PRODUCTS TO HAMAS
AND HEZBOLLAH.
THAT'S THE PROGRAM AND DRONE
PROGRAM WHICH IS HURTING BOTH
UKRAINE AND ITS ALLIES.
WE'VE SEEN SO WE'VE GOT
TO RESTORE DETERRENCE.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE SOME EFFORT.
>> SO SO LET ME ASK YOU, DO
YOU YOU KNOW, THERE'S REPORTING
OUT THERE THAT BIDEN IS NOT
SUPPORTING COUNTER ATTACK HERE,
THAT IT'S THAT HE'S NOT
SUPPORTING ISRAEL, CARRY OUT
A COUNTERATTACK AGAINST IRAN.
WHAT'S WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?
I THINK THAT ISRAEL HAS
OPPORTUNITY HERE.
I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WE
SHOULD PASS A STAND ALONE
BILL SUPPORTING ISRAEL AND
GETTING ISRAEL THE WEAPONS
THEY NEED.
AND I LIKE I'M NOT ONE TO VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF UKRAINE OR TAIWAN
THAN I AM.
BUT WE NEED SEND A MESSAGE
TODAY THAT ISRAEL'S GETTING
THE WEAPONS.
AND I THINK CONGRESS SHOULD
COME BACK INTO SESSION TODAY OR
TOMORROW AND PASS
THE SUPPLEMENTAL WOULD
GET ISRAEL THE WEAPONS,
THE BASE.
NUMBER TWO, I THINK WE NEED
TO MAKE IT AS STATEMENT
IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND SAY
WE'RE GOING TO START TRADING
HAMAS LIKE WE TRADED ISIS AND
DESTROY HAMAS AND RESCUE
OUR THEY SHOULD GET DELTA
AND SEAL TEAM SIX INTO THE AREA
AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO RESCUE
THESE HOSTAGES OUT OF SOUTHERN
GAZA AND A NUMBER OF THREE
WITH THE IRANIANS.
WE SHOULDN'T.
BUT THEY THE A COALITION
WITH ISRAEL AND OTHER WESTERN
ALLIES THAT AT A WE OUGHT
TO TAKE OUT THE DRONE FACTORIES
AND THEIR BALLISTIC MISSILE
FACTORIES THAT ARE RAINING
TERROR DOWN ON PEOPLE
IN UKRAINE AND ALSO IN ISRAEL.
NOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT IRAN
HAS STARTED THIS.
IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO HAVE
THE UAV FACTORIES AND MOST
ELECTRIC VEHICLE FACTORIES
THAT IT HAS IT'S USING
AS WEAPONS TO KILL INNOCENT
PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
>> SO WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE
FACTORIES OUT IMMEDIATELY.
SO I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP
ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID WITH
REGARD TO THOSE THOSE ASSETS
THAT IRAN INDEED HAS.
BUT I'M JUST GETTING HANDED
A NOTE HERE, ROBERT,
THAT IRAN'S PRESIDENT HAS COME
OUT AND MADE A STATEMENT
CLAIMING THAT IRAN HAS NOW
TAUGHT ISRAEL A LESSON.
AND HE IS WARNING ANY
NEW ADVENTURES AGAINST
THE INTERESTS OF THE IRANIAN
NATION WOULD BE MET WITH A
HEAVIER AND REGRETFUL RESPONSE
FROM THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
OF IRAN.
HOW DO YOU THAT?
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IRAN'S
PRESIDENT MEANS?
WELL, I THINK THOSE THAT DO NOT
HAVE A RESPONSE, THEY CROSSED
THE RED LINE.
THEY ATTACKED THE STATE
OF ISRAEL, NOT USING PROXIES
NOT NOT, YOU KNOW, USING
HEZBOLLAH OR, HAMAS.
THEY DIRECTLY ATTACKED
ISRAEL FROM IRAN.
THEY DECLARED THAT WAS
A DECLARATION OF WAR WITH LIKE
PEARL HARBOR.
AND THE FACT THAT THE ISRAELIS
WERE ABLE TO INTERCEPT
THE BALLISTIC MISSILES AND THE
CRUISE MISSILES THAT THE
SUICIDE DRONES.
THAT'S THAT'S GREAT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T RELIEVE IRAN.
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR
CONDUCTING THAT OFFENSIVE WAS
ATTACKED A MEMBER COUNTRY
OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
AND NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY
THEY ATTACK ISRAEL.
BUT NOW WE'RE DONE AND NOT
DON'T ATTACK US.
OF COURSE, THEY'D LOVE THAT.
THEY'D LOVE TO SHOW THAT THEY
CAN ATTACK ISRAEL WITH
IMPUNITY.
AND SO IRAN NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT
A LESSON AND NEED TO BE GOT
VERY QUICKLY TO RESTORE
DETERRENCE.
IT'S NOT TO ESCALATE.
IT'S TO DE-ESCALATE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY
HARD BECAUSE.
IRAN ATTACKED ISRAEL DURING
AND THEY KILLED THOUSANDS
OF ISRAELI CIVILIANS.
IT WAS THE MOST NASTY POSSIBLE
MANNER.
AND NOW THEY'VE ATTACKED
THE STATE OF ISRAEL FROM,
IRANIAN TERRITORY, USING
BALLISTIC MISSILES, THE CRUISE
MISSILES, THE DRONES.
THERE IS NO IRAN THINKS WE CAN
DO ANYTHING THEY WANT.
AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED
DETERRENCE.
THAT'S THAT'S THAT WOULD
DE-ESCALATE THE SITUATION NOT
ESCALATED.
AND THE IDF HAS MADE IT VERY
CLEAR THAT IT COULD FLATTEN
MANY MAJOR ASSETS THAT IRAN
HAS, INCLUDING
THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
HEADQUARTERS, OIL PLATFORMS,
NUCLEAR SITES.
THERE'S A LOT AT STAKE HERE.
I ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU STAYING
IN CLOSE TOUCH.
FORMER NSA DIRECTOR ROBERT
O'BRIEN.