OVERNIGHT: US strikes back on Houthi sites in Yemen

PIRO. >> Carley: I'M CARLEY SHIMKUS. WE'LL UNPACK ALL OF IT THROUGHOUT THE HOUR. >> Todd: U.S. FORCES STRIKING DOZEN HOUTHI SITES OVERNIGHT AFTER A SECOND CARRIER SHIP WAS HIT IN THE RED SEA. >> Carley: TREY YINGST HAS MORE. >> Trey: THE UNITED STATES CONDUCTED A FOURTH ROUND OF STRIKES AGAINST IRAN-BACKED HOUTHI REBELS, MORE THAN A DOZEN POSITIONS WERE HIT ACCORDING TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND. ERIC CARRILA SAYING THE ACTIONS OF TERRORISTS ENDANGER MARINERS AND DISRUPT SHIPPING LANES IN THE RED SEA AND WE WILL TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF INNOCENT MARINERS AND OUR PEOPLE. SAME SENTIMENT ECHOED YESTERDAY WITH PAT RYDER SAYING THIS. >> WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE REGION TO PREVENT ATTACKS OR DETER ATTACKS IN THE FUTURE AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK VERY HARD TO PREVENT ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT FROM ESCALATING TO A BROADER REGIONAL CONFLICT. >> Trey: IRANIANS HAVE RESPONDED IN YEMEN SAYING THE SECURITIES OF THE RED SEA IS TIED TO DEVELOPMENTS IN GAZA AND EVERYONE WILL SUFFER IF ISRAEL'S CRIMES IN GAZA DO NOT STOP. ALL RESISTANCE FRONTS WILL REMAIN ACTIVE. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC WILL GET MORE INVOLVED IN THIS ESCALATING REGIONAL CONFLICT. >> Todd: TREY, THANK YOU. BRING IN COLONEL JONATHAN SWEET. YOU JUST HEARD PATRICK RYDER THERE. HIS WORDS, WHATEVER WE ARE DOING IS NOT PREVENTING OR DETERRING A SINGLE THING. >> IT HASN'T UNTIL NOW. IRANIAN PROXIES CONTINUE TO TARGET U.S. FORCES AND DISRUPT SHIPPING IN THE RED SEA. THE MESSAGE CLEARLY IS NOT GETTING TO IRAN, WHO CONTINUES TO PRES BUTTONS. >> Todd: AREN'T WE JUST KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL WE HAVE TO CONFRONT IRAN IN A MEANINGFUL WAY? >> WE ARE, THE U.S. IS TAKING THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE. THEY DON'T WANT CONFRONTATION WITH IRAN, IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO THERE. THE PRESIDENT IN A REPORT FOX HAD -- HAMAS PROBLEM. SO IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE REACHES OUT AND STRIKES IRGC AGAIN. HE'S GONE AFTER OFFICIALS IN SYRIA. >> Todd: COLONEL, IF YOU WERE IN CHARGE RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU DO TACTICALLY AND STRATEGICALLY TO STOP ALL THIS? >> I THINK STRATEGICALLY, THE MESSAGING HAS TO BE DIRECT. IT HAS TO BE TO AYATOLLAH AND IRGC SAYING IF YOU CONTINUE, WE WILL STRIKE IRGC TARGETS AND CUT OFF FUNDING. RESTRICT THEIR ABILITY TO FUND THE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH SANCTIONS AND CONTROLLING THEIR REVENUE. >> Todd: THIS IS PART OF LARGER FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEM THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS, BUT PRESIDENT BIDEN PUT US IN. YOU SAY THE PRESIDENT IS STRUGGLING TO KEEP HIS HEAD ABOVE WATER ON FOREIGN POLICY AND JUST THIS WEEK, HERE ARE HEADLINES AROUND THE WORLD. U.S. CLAIM SEIZURE OF WEAPONS BOUND FOR HOUTHIS AND NORTH KOREA OFFERING HOUTHI WEAPONS AND MILITARY ACTIVITY AFTER THE ELECTION. JONATHAN, DOESN'T THIS COME BACK TO JOE BIDEN'S WEAKNESS ON THE FOREIGN STAGE AND APPEASEMENT STRATEGY THAT HAS ONLY EMBOLDENED OUR ENEMIES? >> Jonathan: CERTAINLY CREATIVE PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT ALLOWING THIS TO OCCUR. BY SIMPLY DEFERRING ACTION, HE'S ALLOWED IT TO ESCALATE ON ITS OWN WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE DOMESTIC ISSUES ALONG THE BORDER. IT IS BY IGNORING IT OR BY PAYING ATTENTION TO IT AND KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD, IT HAS COME TO THIS POINT RIGHT NOW AND IT IS OVERWHELMING AND THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TO TACKLE THIS AND THEY DON'T HAVE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY IN PLACE THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUES. >> Todd: I UNDERSTAND YOUR LAST ANSWER ABOUT THE IRAN PROBLEM. TAKING THESE PROBLEMS AS A WHOLE TO ME, LOOKS LIKE THE TRAIN HAS LEFT THE STATION IN A NEGATIVE WAY AND I DON'T THINK BIDEN CAN DO ANYTHING AT THIS POINT GLOBALLY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. WHAT ABOUT YOU? DO YOU THINK IT IS TOO LATE FOR JOE BIDEN TO DO ANYTHING? >> Jonathan: IT IS NOT TOO LATE. WE HAVE ALLIES WE CAN LEVERAGE. IN UKRAINE, WE HAVE ALLIES WITHIN NATO, WE CAN LEVERAGE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER GETTING THE RIGHT WEAPONS TO CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE. IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WE HAVE PARTNERS THERE, TOO, WITH ISRAEL. SAUDI ARABIA, TOO. NUMEROUS PARTNERS THAT CAN HELP US CONFRONT IRAN AND PARTNERS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, PARTICULARLY AUSTRALIA, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA. IT IS MATTER OF WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND CONGRESS TO GET FUNDING THROUGH TO ALLOW US TO TAKE ON THIS TASK. >> Todd: JONATHAN, I LOOK AT THIS, IF I'M AN UNDECIDED VOTER AT THIS POINT AND NONE OF THE ISSUES TIP THE BALAST FOR ME, THIS IS ISSUE I WANT A NEW COACH IN THERE, WE NEED A NEW STRATEGY, SOMEONE WHO CAN GET THE JOB DO

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Length: 6min 20sec (380 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 18 2024