LATE OCTOBER, SANDRA.
>> Sandra: LUCAS TOMLINSON AT
THE PENTAGON, THANK YOU.
>> Bill: FRESH REACTION, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION EARLIER
TODAY INSISTING THE STRIKE HELP
PROTECT AMERICAN LIVES OVERSEAS.
>> THE INTEL WE HAD COME OF THE
INFORMATION WE HAD, WE BELIEVE
IT WAS VERY STRONG.
SOLEIMANI ON THOSE HE WAS
PLOTTING WITH WERE LOOKING TO
KILL AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND
SOLDIERS IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS
IN THE COMING DAYS.
THAT'S WHERE THE PRESIDENT
AUTHORIZED THE SUCCESSFUL
OPERATION THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY
THE U.S. MILITARY.
>> Bill: OUR NEXT GUEST CALLS
IT A BAD DECISION.
SENATOR RAND PAUL FROM KENTUCKY,
GOOD MORNING.
IF WHAT ROBERT O'BRIEN JUST SAID
IS TRUE, HOW CAN YOU AFFORD NOT
TO?
>> I THINK YOU HAVE TO ASK
YOURSELF AND ASK THE GENERAL
QUESTION, ARE ATTACKS MORE OR
LESS LIKELY NOW THAT SOLEIMANI
IS GONE?
THE PERSON WHO HAS REPLACED THEM
HAS BEEN HIS ASSISTANT GENERAL
FOR 22 YEARS, IS A HARD-LINER,
AND NOW THE WHOLE COUNTRY OF
IRAN IS CONSUMED WITH REVENGE.
SO I THINK IF YOU ARE ASKING
YOURSELF, "WILL THEY BE ATTACKS
ON AMERICA?"
I THINK THERE ARE MUCH MORE
LIKELY TO BE ATTACKED NOW WITH
HIS DEATH.
YOU HAVE TO ASK, IF ANYBODY
THINKS THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY
TO FILMS HE WILL WORK, HOW CAN
IT WORK IF YOU KILL THE MAJOR
GENERAL OF ANOTHER COUNTRY?
I THINK WE HAVE TAKEN THE POLICY
OFF THE TABLE, AND THE ONLY
POSSIBILITY NOW IS MILITARY
ESCALATION.
IT'S UNKNOWN HOW MUCH MILITARY
ESCALATION, BUT I THINK IT WILL
BE AN ESCALATION.
>> Bill: ON THAT POINT, I
THINK LESS THAT YOU CALLED IT A
DEATH OF DIPLOMACY, FIVE GOT
YOUR QUOTE RIGHT.
WAS THERE MUCH TO THEM SEEM TO
BEGIN WITH, SENATOR?
>> THERE WAS WITH THE IRAN
AGREEMENT.
IT WASN'T PERFECT, AND I WAS A
CRITIC OF THE IRAN AGREEMENT,
HOWEVER, I THINK IT WAS A BIG
MISTAKE TO PULL OUT OF THE
AGREEMENT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE TRIED TO BUILD
UPON THE IRAN AGREEMENT.
WE DID THAT COME UP WITH THEM HE
PLACED AN EMBARGO WHERE IRAN WAS
NOT ALLOWED TO SELL ANY GOODS
INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING THEIR
MAIN EXPORT OF OIL.
AN ACTIVE EMBARGO IS LIKE AN ACT
OF WAR.
TO TOP THAT OFF, WE'VE NOW
KILLED ONE OF THEIR MAJOR
GENERAL'S.
I THINK IT IS THE DEATH OF
DIPLOMACY, AND I SEE NO WAY TO
GET IT BACK STARTED AGAIN UNTIL
SORT OF THE REVENGE OF THE
IRANIAN PEOPLE IS SOMEHOW
SEATED.
I HATE THIS, I HATE THAT THIS IS
WHERE WE ARE GOING.
I HAVE BEEN SOMEONE FOR
ENGAGEMENT, BUT THERE IS MUCH
MORE KILLING, MUCH LESS VIOLENCE
AFTER THE IRAN AGREEMENT.
THERE WAS A LITTLE WHEN WE WERE
ENABLED DON'T LIKE IT OR TOO
MUCH MORE STABLE SITUATION.
IT MAY FACE AND NECK BE GONE FOR
A LIFETIME
>> Bill: RUSH LIMBAUGH
DIRECTED TO THIS COMMENT HERE
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
IED, THE ROADSIDE BOMBS.
AND THE SISTER, THE BIG ONE.
THE BIG VERSION THAT ACTUALLY
KNOCKS OUT TANKS AND KILLS
EVERYBODY WITHIN EARSHOT.
HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THOSE
INCREDIBLE YOUNG PEOPLE OVER AT
WALTER REED AND HE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN TAKEN OUT A LONG TIME AGO.
>> Bill: WOULD YOU TAKE
EXCEPTION TO THAT, SENATOR?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF REPORTS
ABOUT THE IUDs, THE HEIGHTENED
REPORTS ARE COMING FROM IRAN.
WHETHER OR NOT ONE PERSON WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT IS NOT
SOMETHING I HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE
TO TELL YOU.
IS SOLEIMANI THE BAD GUY?
YES.
IS THE GUY WHO REPLACES HIM A
BAD GUY?
YES.
WAS QADDAFI A BAD GUY, WAS
HUSSEIN A BAD GUY?
YES.
WE HAVE TO ASK YOURSELVES --
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THAT THIS
MILLIONS OF THOUSANDS OF TIMES,
THAT SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS A BAD
GUY, BUT TAKING HIM OUT
DESTABILIZE THE REGION.
IT IS ABOUT THE BROADER
INVOCATIONS OF KILLING SOMEONE,
NOT WHETHER THEY ARE OR NOT.
FOREIGN POLICY CAN BE BASED ON
KILLING EVERYONE THEY BELIEVE IS
EVIL OR BAD IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF SUCH PEOPLE.
AFTER LOOK AT THE RAMIFICATIONS
OF WHAT.
MY FEAR IS THAT THIS KILLING
WILL CREATE MORE KILLING AND IT
PRECLUDES THE IDEA OF HAVING ANY
KIND OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
WITH IRAN.
IT WAS DIFFICULT BEFORE THIS,
AND I THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
>> Bill: SOME ARE SUGGESTING
THINKS GO QUIET FOR A TIME.
WE WILL SEE WHO IS RIGHT IN THE
END.
WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?
>> WITH REGARD TO SOLEIMANI?
I THINK WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE
WAS MONTHS AGO.
THIS IS WHAT I ENCOURAGED THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MONTHS AGO,
TO RENEW DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
THERE WERE PEOPLE AND THERE ARE
MODERATES THAT WERE WILLING TO
HAVE DIPLOMACY.
THEIR VOICES ARE COMPLETELY
SQUELCHED BY THIS PERIOD WILL BE
DONE IS EMPOWERED THE
HARD-LINERS, BROUGHT TOGETHER
PEOPLE WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD
MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT.
THEY ARE RALLYING AROUND THE
RING END.
IT'S ALL GOING IN THE OPPOSITE
DIRECTION.
BUT THERE WAS A TIME AND THERE
WERE PEOPLE WITHIN THE ARENA AND
MODERATE COMMUNITY WHO DID WANT
TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS.
THAT'S OVER NOW.
THEY CANNOT TALK TO US NOW,
BECAUSE IT IS NOW THAN RALLYING
AROUND THE FLAG.
ANYBODY WHO IS INDEPENDENT OR
INDECISIVE OR MODERATE IS NOW
RALLYING AROUND THE IRANIAN
FLAG.
NO, THIS HAS SET US BACK A GREAT
DEAL.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO BLAMED THE
IRANIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THEY HAD.
THEY HAD PROTEST OVER GAS PRICES
A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOW
RALLYING AROUND THE FLAG AND
AROUND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS AN
AGGRESSIVE MOVE BY AMERICA.
>> Bill: LET'S SEE WHERE THAT
GOES.
I WANT TO SQUEEZE IN ONE MORE
QUESTION IMPEACHMENT.
WHAT YOU THINK NANCY PELOSI
STRATEGY IS?
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT PULLING OUT
NOW?
>> [LAUGHS]
IT IS STILL HARD FOR ME TO
FATHOM HOW SHE THINKS SHE'S
GOING TO PUBLISHER REPUBLICANS
BY WITHHOLDING THE IMPEACHMENT,
WHAT WHICH IN ONE OF US REPAID
SHE IS PUNISHING US BY NOT
SENDING THE IMPEACHMENT?
