THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SHE IS RIGHT.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.
MEANWHILE, LET'S BRING IN
MIKE HUCKABEE, FOX NEWS
CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER GOVERNOR
OF ARKANSAS.
FORMER REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HE
JOINS US RIGHT NOW FROM DOWN
IN FLORIDA.
GOVERNOR, WE HAVE HAD A
NUMBER OF MILITARY GUESTS ON
WHO HAVE SAID IF THAT -- IF
THAT 15 OR 20 MISSILES WAS
IRAN'S RESPONSE, PRESIDENT
TRUMP WINS THIS ROUND.
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE
NEED TO LOOK AT THIS SORT OF
IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OLD
FAIRY TALE I GREW UP WITH
THREE BEARS ONE BOWL OF
POORGE TOO HOT, ONE COLD AND
ONE JUST RIGHT.
THE WAR IN IRAQ WAS TOO HOT.
WE WANTED TO GO IN, DO
NATION BUILDING.
BUILD SCHOOLS, WE THOUGHT WE
COULD CREATE A DEMOCRACY.
SO WE WENT ALL IN.
WE PUT MILITARY, BOOTS ON
THE GROUND.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE FIGHTING
FOR FREEDOM.
IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY
DIDN'T WANT IT THAT BADLY
AFTER ALL.
THEN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION CAME.
THEIRS WAS TOO COLD.
IT WAS LET'S APPEASE
EVERYBODY.
LET'S BE HALF HEARTED IN
WHAT WE ARE DOING AND LET'S
GIVE IRAN A BUNCH OF CASH
AND MAYBE THEY WILL BE NICER
TO US IF WE BUY THEM OFF.
I THINK THIS PRESIDENT HAS
TAKEN THE RIGHT APPROACH.
IT'S MEASURED.
IT'S TARGETED.
IT'S SPECIFIC.
THE MEDIA WILL NEVER GIVE
HIM CREDIT FOR THE FACT THAT
HE HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL
AND CAREFUL BUT TAKING OUT
SOLEIMANI WAS IMPORTANT ACT
OF GETTING RID OF A MONSTER.
WE AUDITED TO BE PROUD OF
WHAT HE HAS DONE.
AINSLEY: SHAKING IN THEIR
BOOTS IT'S OBVIOUS MANY
PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY
TARGETED THESE BASES WHERE
AMERICANS ARE BUT DIDN'T HIT
ANYONE.
THERE ARE NO CASUALTIES.
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO
TAKE PEOPLE OUT IF THEY WANT
TO.
WE STILL CAN'T FORGET WHO WE
ARE WITH.
>> THEY HAVE THREATENED US
FOR 40 YEARS.
WE FINALLY HAVE A PRESIDENT
WHO TAKES THAT SERIOUSLY AND
DOESN'T DISREGARD IT.
LET'S LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.
THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS
LIKE THE BIG DOG.
HE KNOWS IRAN IS NOT WORTH A
WAR.
THEY ARE NOT.
THEY ARE NOT THAT BIG.
THEY ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
THE PRESSURE THAT HE HAS PUT
ON THEM ECONOMICALLY IS
CRUMBLING THEM FROM WITHIN.
THE LITTLE DOG IRAN KEEPS
BARKING AND SNIFFING AND
TRIES TO HARASS THE BIG DOG.
BUT THE TRUTH IS THE BIG DOG
ISN'T TAKING THE BAIT.
BUT ONE DAY WHEN THE LITTLE
DOG GETS OUT OF HAND, THE
BIG DOG WILL BITE BACK AND
IT'S GOING TO BE OVER.
STEVE: SO FAR WE HAVE HAD
DOGS AND BEARS IN YOUR
APPEARANCE.
[LAUGHTER]
BRIAN: LET'S KEEP UP WITH
THAT ANOTHING, LAWRENCE
O'DONNELL TWEETED THIS WHILE
THE MIFLTSY IN THE AIR TRUMP
WAGGED THE DOG AND NOW THE
DOG IS WAGGING TRUMP.
>> GOT US TO THE BRINK OF.
TRUMP'S IMPULSES HAVE
BROUGHT US TO THE EDGE OF
WAR.
MICHAEL MOORE SUDDENLY A
CRITIC OF THE PRESIDENT
ALWAYS BEEN.
TRUMP WILL USE ANY FORM OF
ATTACK TO ESCALATE THE WAR
HE HAS STARTED.
THE WAR IS MEANT TO BEEN
EPISODE OF HIS UNREALITY
SHOW A DISTRACTION FROM THE
IMPEACHMENT.
>> THEY WILL NOT GIVE HIM
CREDIT NO MATTER WHAT HE
DID.
IF THEY WERE ALL GIVEN AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN THE
WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM
AND WATCH THE ATTACK ON
SOLEIMANI LIVE, THEY WOULD
SAY THE VIDEO QUALITY WAS
NOT GOOD ENOUGH THERE IS
NEVER GOING TO BE A TIME
WHERE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
MAYBE RECOGNIZE THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP TRULY DOES
NOT WANT WAR.
HE IS EXACTLY WHO HE
PRESENTED HIMSELF TO BE AS A
CANDIDATE AND AS A
PRESIDENT.
HE DOESN'T WANT WAR.
BUT HE IS NOT GOING TO LET
AMERICANS BE KILLED AND HIM
LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND LOOK
LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
I THINK WE WANT A PRESIDENT
WHO FIGHTS FOR AMERICA BUT
DOESN'T GET US INTO SOMEBODY
ELSE'S FIGHT.
HE HAS BEEN TOTALLY
CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
AND WE OUGHT TO BE GRATEFUL.
>> RIGHT.
WE KNOW, TOO.
IF WE GET OUT.
THE RUSSIANS GET IN.
VLADIMIR PUTIN ON THE GROUND
IN SYRIA YESTERDAY, TAKING A
BOW.
HE RESTORED ASSAD TO POWER
AND BROUGHT PEACE TO DA MAT
CAN YOU SAY SO WE CAN LEAVE
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER
PLAYERS AREN'T GOING IN AND
I'M NOT SURE WE ARE TOO
