COURSE.
ALSO TODAY PRESIDENT PLACES
BLAME FIRMLY ON IRAN ON TWO
TANKERS IN THE GOLF OF OMAN.
>> THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE
CLOSING IT, IT'S NOT GOING
CLOSED FOR LONG AND THEY KNOW IT
AND THEY'VE BEEN TOLD IN VERY
STRONG TERMS, WE WANT TO GET
THEM BACK IN THE TABLE, I'M
READY WHEN THEY ARE.
CHARLES: THIS IS NEW VIDEO SHOWS
WHAT OUR MILITARY SAYS IS IRAN
REMOVING AN UNEXPLODED MINE FROM
ONE OF THE SHIPS, WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR MIDDLE EAST POLICIES,
FOX NEWS MILITARY ANALYST
COLONEL DAVID HUNT, COLONEL
HUNT, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
WHERE ARE WE NOW BECAUSE IT
FEELS LIKE IRAN IS INCREASING
ITS SORT OF RATTLING, I'M NOT
SURE WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE HERE, SIGN OF
DESPERATION OR SOMETHING?
LET'S START WITH THINGS HAVE
CHANGED IN 24 HOURS WITH THIS
FILM THAT DOD IS SAYING WHAT YOU
SAID, SHOWING MOVING A MINE.
THE OWNER OF THE SHIP IS ALSO
SAYING THAT PROJECTILES, ALL
RIGHT, SO LET'S BREAK IT UP AND
SAY, OKAY, IRAN IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THESE IF NOT
ALL OF THEM, SO WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO?
I THINK WE -- ECONOMICALLY YOU
CAN CRUSH IRAN ANY TIME YOU WANT
AND OBVIOUSLY -- KEEP MILITARY
PRESENCE THERE AND I DON'T THINK
POLITICAL PRESSURE WORKS WITH
IRAN AND HASN'T WORKED AND
LANDED IN IRAN, 25 YEARS AGO.
CHARLES: RIGHT.
>> ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY
WE CAN KEEP SERIOUS PRESSURE.
CHARLES: LATEST PROVOCATION
HAPPENED AFTER WE MOVED MORE
MILITARY ASSETS TO THE REGION,
SO WHAT EXACTLY -- I MEAN, WHEN
DO WE START CONCERN AND WHAT DO
WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP VESSELS
SAFE?
GOOD THING WE PRODUCE SO MUCH
OIL NOW BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN DIFFERENT.
OIL WOULD BE $100 A BARREL AND
THE WORLD WOULD BE FREAKING OUT
A LOT MORE.
>> WE CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING,
WANT TO PROTECT SHIPPING LANES
AN SHIPS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF
THE NAVIES OF THE WORLD AND
PRIVATE SECURITY AND YOU COULD
STOP THIS, NOW, GUNFIGHT
INVOLVED, BUT YOU WANT -- YOU
WILL HAVE TO CLEAR THE BOATS,
THE SHIPS IN THE HARBOR, YOU
KNOW, WITH EITHER REMOTE
VEHICLES OR DIVERS.
YOU HAVE PROTECT BOATS IN OPEN
SEA AND PROTECT BOATS AS WE ARE
DOING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ BUT
DOING EVEN MORE AND PUT PEOPLE
WITH GUNS IN THE BOATS.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES OF BOAT
OWNERS, CAPTAIN'S UNIONS,
INSURANCE COMPANIES DON'T WANT
GUNS ON THESE BOATS AND WITHOUT
THAT, YOU'VE GOT ISSUES AND IT'S
EXPENSIVE TO DO WHAT I JUST
SAID.
CHARLES: SURE.
>> BUT YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY
SQUEEZE THESE THINGS TO ALMOST
STOPPING BUT IT WOULD TAKE A
WORLDWIDE COMMITMENT AND THAT
TAKES SERIOUS ORGANIZATION.
CHARLES: YOU REFERENCED THE
REVOLUTION 25 YEARS AGO, WHAT
ABOUT A COUNTER REVOLUTION,
APPARENTLY THERE WAS SOMETHING
BREWING NOT LONG AGO FROM IRAN
THAT SENT IMAGES ALL OF THE TIME
OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING
INSIDE THE COUNTRY NOW THAT
SUGGESTS THAT THERE COULD BE
MASSIVE COUNTERREVOLUTION, WHAT
DO WE DO TO HELP FACILITATE IF
ANYTHING?
>> FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN
SOMETHING LIKE YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT AND HOPEFULLY OTHER
NATIONS, SPECIAL ACT PROGRAM
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, OFFENSIVE
INTELLIGENCE OPERATION.
WE HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO DO THE
BIG MOVEMENT, MUSCLE MOVEMENTS
WHAT YOU HAVE SUGGESTED, IT'S
BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS,
ELEMENT IN IRAN THAT WOULD HELP
I DON'T EVER THROW IT.
THAT WOULD TAKE SERIOUS
NONIRANIAN SUPPORT, PROBABLY BY
US AND EUROPEAN ALLIES AND TO
THIS DATE, WE HAVE BEEN
UNWILLING TO DO THINGS THAT IT
WOULD TAKE TO DO THAT.
THAT'S A SERIOUS OFFENSIVE
