Chris Matthews: I don't trust Netanyahu in this one bit

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A ceasefire deal to pause the war in Iran appeared to hang by a thread Wednesday after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz again in response to Israeli attacks in Lebanon. The White House demanded that the channel be reopened and sought to keep peace talks on track, The Associated Press reports. The Morning Joe panel discusses. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW:

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THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN CONTINUES TO BE TESTED THIS MORNING.

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MOMENTS AGO, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HIS MILITARY WILL CONTINUE TO STRIKE HEZBALLAH WITH FORCE,

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PRECISION AND DETERMINATION.

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HE HIGHLIGHTED STRIKES IN BEYRUT THAT KILLED THE PERSONAL SECRETARY OF HEZBALLAH'S LEADER,

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LEBANON MEANWHILE SAYS NEARLY 200 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND HUNDREDS MORE WOUNDED JUST YESTERDAY IN ONE OF THE DEADLIEST DAYS

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FOR THE COUNTRY SINCE THE START OF THE WAR FOLLOWING THOSE DEADLY ATTACKS IRAN CLAIMED LEBANON WAS INCLUDED IN THE CEASE-FIRE

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AGREEMENT AND ACCUSED THE UNITED STATES OF VIOLATING THE DEAL WHICH THE WHITE HOUSE WAS DENIED, ALSO THIS MORNING THE STATUS

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OF THE STRAIGHT OF HORMOOZ, THE CRUCIAL WATERWAY AND KEY PIECE OF THIS DEAL REMAINS UNCLEAR,

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IRANIAN STATE MEDIA YESTERDAY CLAIMED THE STRAIGHT HAD ONCE AGAIN, BEEN CLOSED IN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL'S CONTINUED STRIKES ON LEBANON.

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PRESIDENT TRUMP THEN ISSUED A NEW WARNING LATE LAST NIGHT, WRITING ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT ALL U .S.

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MILITARY personnel and assets will remain in the region until, quote,

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the real agreement reached is fully complied with, adding that if it is not,

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then attacks will be bigger and THINGS THAT ARE UNCLEAR HERE.

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JOINING THE CONVERSATION, WE HAVE THE FORMER HOST OF HARD BALL,

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CHRIS MATTHEWS, THE PRESIDENT OF EURASIA GROUP AND GZERO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT.

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IAN BREMMER, MIKE BARNICLE AND CATTY K ARE STILL WITH US.

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IAN BREMMER, YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES WENT TO WAR THAT IS THE REASON WE WENT TO WAR,

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THAT NETANYAHU WAS GOING SO WE FELT COMPELLED TO GO ALONG.

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IT'S HOW WE STARTED THE WAR AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S HOW THE A WAR CONTINUES BECAUSE BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS NEVER GOING TO STOP FIGHTING. HE'S JUST NOT.

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HE IS COMMITTED TO A FOREVER WAR FOR A LOT OF REASONS THAT WE'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED HERE.

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TALK ABOUT HOW THIS THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHOO IS GOING TO MAKE DONALD

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TRUMP'S GOAL OF ENDING THIS WAR IN THE FOUR TO SIX TO EIGHT WEEK TIME FRAME THAT HE ORIGINALLY HAD PLANNED MAKE IT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.

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IT'S NOT THAT ISRAEL IS CONTINUING TO STRIKE IRAN DIRECTLY WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CEASE-FIRE.

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THAT HAS STOPPED AT LEAST FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS. BUT OF AND OF COURSE WHEN IT COMES TO LEBANON,

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IT'S NOT THAT ISRAEL WAS JUST CONTINUING THE WAR AS PLANNED, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SET OF

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ATTACKS, LITERALLY IN THE HOURS AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE CEASE-FIRE BY THE ISRAELIS ON LEBANON, ON HEZBALLAH IN BEIRUT AND THE REST.

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THE IRANIANS, I UNDERSTAND IT WASN'T AGAINST IRAN,

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BUT THE IRANIANS SAID THAT THE CEASING OF ATTACKS IN LEBANON WAS A BIG PART

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OF THAT PLAN THAT BOTH SIDES AGREED TO AND YAHOO DECIDED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS AFTER THAT.

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THAT REPORTS THE PEOPLE IN LEBANON OVERNIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.

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AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN ESCALATION BY THE ISRAELIS IN THEIR WAR ON THEIR FRONT. AND THE PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER,

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WHO WAS ESSENTIAL TO BRINGING THE AMERICANS AND THE IRANIANS TOGETHER TO A CEASE-FIRE HAD INITIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT HEZBALLAH and Lebanon was indeed part of the ceasefire,

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which J .D. Vance and then Trump, the White House, later denied.

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So there's no question that while the United States and Israel are broadly aligned in terms IN THE REGION,

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THERE ARE BIG PIECES WHERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. AND SPECIFICALLY WITH A CEAS-FIRE IN LEBANON,

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THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT THIS IS NOT THAT IS NOT WHAT THE UNITED STATES WANTS TO SEE.

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THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE ISRAELIS CONTINUING WITH THESE STRIKES.

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THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM UNDERMINING THE AMERICANS RIGHT NOW. THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT'S HAPPENED? B .B. WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS CEASE-FIRE FALL APART.

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HE WANTS THE IRANIANS TO MAKE THE NEXT MOVE AND THEN HE WANTS THE UNITED STATES TO SAY, TO SAY, WE TRY,

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BUT WE'RE STILL IN IT BECAUSE FROM ISRAEL'S PERSPECTIVE, THERE'S STILL A LOT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN IRAN THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

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BY THE WAY, THIS ISN'T THE U .A .E. CERTAINLY HAS NOT DENIED IT, THE IRANIANS HAVE MADE A STRIKES ON IRAN,

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ENTERING THE WAR IN THE LAST DAY.

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THE U .A .E. CERTAINLY HAS IT'S A BIG EXPLOSION INSIDE IRAN,

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AN OIL FACILITY, AND THE IRANIANS STRUCK BACK. THEY ARE ANOTHER COUNTRY, UNLIKE THE SAUDIS, THE U .A .E.

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AND ISRAEL BOTH ARE UNCOMFORTABLE BEING LEFT IN A POSITION WHERE IRAN, THE REGIME IS IN PLACE, THEY'RE STRONG, THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THE STRAIGHTS.

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SO THERE ARE A LOT OF WE HAVE A LOT OF PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THIS RIGHT NOW THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY ALIGNED WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT TRUMP MADE.

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LET'S TALK ABOUT THE STRAITS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, IAN, WHICH IS THIS MORNING,

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DESPITE WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS saying that iran is still controlling which ships go through a limited number of ships are being

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allowed to pass but with this toll something they've discovered here that they can charge say a dollar a barrel if you figure most of those ships carry two or three million barrels.

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You can do the math on that. That's a lot of money over the course of a year.

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American oil executives reportedly have been calling the White House saying, hey, we can't have this. It would destroy our business.

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And of course, the Gulf states saying the same thing. It would destroy our flow of oil through there.

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So with this new massive leverage point where Iran says we can disrupt the global economy by controlling the Strait of Hormuz,

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what would the negotiation be with the United States?

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I mean, Donald Trump suggested to ABC yesterday that we'll do some kind of revenue sharing with Iran. We'll get a cut of those ships too.

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Does that make sense to you?

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What is an acceptable deal to the United States here?

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There's THERE'S NO MECHANISM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. WE'RE VERY FAR FROM THAT. THERE ARE COUNTRIES THAT ARE PREPARED TO PAY IT. THE INDIANS, THE PAKISTANIES,

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THEY HAD BEEN NEGOTIATING SOME OF THOSE SHIPS ARE GOING THROUGH BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING THE MONEY.

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SO OBVIOUSLY IT MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE FOR THEM IN AN INFLATED PRICE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE STRAIGHT DISRUPTED.

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THE FRENCH ACTUALLY HAVE PAID MONEY TO THE IRANIANS TO THE UNITED STATES TO ALLOW AT LEAST ONE SHIP THROUGH CORE ALLY

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OF THE UNITED STATES, AT LEAST THEY HAVE BEEN BEFORE THE WAR. NOW IF THERE IS NO IT'S A REAL MILITARY PLAN.

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ONE DOESN'T EXIST TO STOP, TO DISPLACE THE IRANIANS FROM THIS POSITION.

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AND IF YOU WANTED A MORE NEGATIVE TAKE ON THE CEASE-FIRE,

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you would say the United States continues to be bringing this third aircraft strike group into the region, the USS Bush.

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It won't be there until April 15, 16. There are a thousand more troops going in.

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CENTCOM has advised the White House that right now with Iranian ballistic missile capabilities and other capabilities,

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that they aren't yet ready to engage in any ground force attacks in the region.

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So you could easily say Trump is waiting a couple of weeks to allow for those capacities to develop.

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He doesn't yet have troops in place that he would be able to try to open the straight if he wanted to.

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And so that those two weeks may just be I'm buying some time and trying to get oil prices down, markets to rally. I don't think that's what's DRIVING HIM,

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BUT THAT'S A REASONABLE READ ON THE PROBLEM OF THE STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW.

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY CRITICAL OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER THE COURSE OF THIS WAR OUT WITH A NEW PIECE TITLED TRUMP DECLARES PREMATURE victory in Iran.

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The editorial board writes this, Mr. Trump and Vice President J .D.

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Vance said the ceasefire is conditioned on Iran striking a deal,

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but it sure sounds like the president just wants the war over.

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Will Mr. Trump really start IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANT.

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IF THE REGIME BEHAVES AS IT ALWAYS HAS,

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IT WILL CLAIM TO WANT TO REACH A DEAL BUT NEVER WILL.

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THE TALKS WILL STRETCH THROUGH TWO WEEKS THEN THREE, THEN MONTHS,

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IRAN WILL BET THAT MR. TRUMP WON'T RESUME BOMBING AS THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS APPROACH.

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THE REST OF THE WORLD AND REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WILL LEAN ON MR. TRUMP NOT TO RESUME THE FIGHT. THE UNFORTUNATE TRUTH IS THAT MR.

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TRUMP PUT HIMSELF IN THIS POSITION. HIS INCONSISTENT RHETORIC ON THE WAR,

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CLAIMS A VICTORY AMID THREATS OF UNLEASHING HELL AND AN END TO IRAN'S CIVILIZATION RAISED GLOBAL FEARS and undermines support at home and abroad.

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The next test for Mr. Trump will be whether he takes his two-week ceasefire deadline seriously. If he does, and Iran plays its usual games,

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then he really will have to finish the job.

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And Chris Matthews, there have been arbitrary deadlines throughout the course of President Trump's presidency.

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It's always two weeks or four to six weeks or whatever it's going to end up being.

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But what do you expect to happen at the end of this WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO THE CASE-FIRE? WELL, I DON'T THINK IT WILL HOLD. I DON'T THINK ISRAEL TOOK IT SERIOUSLY.

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I DON'T THINK IT TOOK THE WHOLE THING THEY CONTINUE THEIR BATTLE IN LEBANON. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE BEING HONEST ABOUT THIS,

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THAT THE PRESS SECRETARY OF THE PRESIDENT IS BEING HONEST, THAT THE THE WHITE HOUSE IS BEING HONEST ABOUT WHETHER LEBANON AND ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON LEBANON WEREN'T PART OF THIS DEAL.

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I THINK THEY'RE COVERING FOR BEEBEE AGAIN.

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BY THE WAY, I'M STILL OVERWHELMED BY THE I THINK THE JOURNAL HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE, NOT THE,

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I THINK THE JOURNAL HAS BEEN GREAT, BUT THE NEW YORK TIMES, YESTERDAY SPREAD,

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THE THREE-PAGE SPREAD ABOUT BE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THIS WHOLE THING WHOLE STARTED AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT OPPOSING THE WHOLE THING.

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THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE NOT I'M NOT BUYING THE WHOLE ARGUMENT OF REGIME CHANGE.

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AND THEN TRUMP SAID HE DIDN'T THINK THE STRAIGHT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. THERE WOULD BE A REGIME CHANGE IN THE MEANTIME,

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AND THEREFORE WE WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT REGIME.

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THIS IS CRAZY. IT'S ALL IT'S NOT BASED ON FACT. I DON'T UNDER, THE PRESIDENT, HE WENT DOWN HOOK,

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LINE AND SINKER JUST LIKE THE FRENCH AND THE BRITISH DID BACK IN 56 WITH ISRAEL.

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THEY WENT ALONG WITH THE THEY DID IT ON THEIR OWN, AND EISENHOWER, THANK GOD WE HAD A PRESIDENT LIKE EISENHOWER,

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HE JUST BLEW THE WHISTLE ON THAT AND SAID NO MORE WAR. IT'S OVER.

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YOU GUYS DIDN'T OPERATE THROUGH NATO AND NOW YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET US BACKING YOU NOW. JUST LIKE NATO IS SAYING TODAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BACK YOU. WE DIDN'T START THIS STUPID WAR.

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YOU DID. YOU DID IT ON YOUR OWN, MR. BIG SHOT.

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AND NOW YOU'RE IN MR. BIG I DON'T TRUST MEETING THAT IN THIS THING ONE BIT.

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I THINK HE WANTS TO KEEP THIS WAR ON AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO STAY OUT OF JAIL AND THAT'S A LONG TIME. AND I I REALLY HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH B .B.

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NETANYAHU IN THIS AND TRUMP WHO IS SAYING TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT CIVILIZATIONS BEING DESTROYED AND WAR CRIMES BASICALLY LAYING IT OUT BEFOREHAND I'M GOING TO COMMIT A WAR CRIME.

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OKAY, CHRIS, WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE DEMOCRATS? IT'S A QUESTION I KEEP GETTING ASKED. WHERE ARE THE VOICES OF THE DEMOCRATS?

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WHERE IS THE PERSON AROUND WHO DEMOCRATS CAN RALLY? WE KEEP SEEING THEM, THEY DID IT THIS WEEK AGAIN.

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WISCONSIN, GEORGIA, WE KEEP SEEING THEM DO THAT DO WELL IN LOCAL STATE ELECTIONS BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY SENSE OF UNITY OF VOICE OR PURPOSE OR

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FIGUREHEAD. MAYBE THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

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MAYBE THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE GOING UNTIL THE PRIMARIES. DID YOU GET UP LAST SUNDAY MORNING TWO WEEKS AGO?

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CHRIS CHRISTIE, WHO IS THE BEST CRITIC OF THIS HE SAID THE DEMOCRATS WILL WIN BIG IN NOVEMBER IF THEY STAY OUT OF SIGHT.

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HE SAID IF THEY GO TO TURKS AND CAQOS, THAT'S THE SMART DEMOCRATS, DON'T DESCRIBE YOUR POLICIES.

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DON'T SAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE BORDER BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AND YOU BLEW IT FOR FOUR YEARS UNDER BIDEN.

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SO JUST TAKE IT, ENJOY THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN BEATING THE PATTERN OF VOTING HAS BEEN 20 TO 30 POINTS WAY AHEAD OF THE SPREAD.

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THE DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN BEATING THE SPREAD.

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THEY DID IT AGAIN THE OTHER THEY WANT TO WIN IN PLACES THEY SHOULD NEVER WIN IN BECAUSE NOBODY IS THINKING ABOUT THE DEMOCRATS.

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THEY ARE MAD AT TRUMP AND HIS PARTY. SO THEY JUST BENEFIT FROM THE PATTERN.

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THE PATTERN VOTING IS SO CLEARLY IN THEIR DIRECTION THAT KEN MARTIN,

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS REFUSED TO RELEASE THE AUTOPSY ON 24 AND WHY THEY LOST. TELL ME WHAT IT'S THAT IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

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THE HISPANICS WON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE THEY MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW,

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WE'VE LOST IT OVER THE BORDER ISSUE AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE MAY SAY WE DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE YOUNGER VOTERS ARE NOT SUPPORTING ISRAEL THEY WANT TO KEEP IT SECRED. THEY WANT TO KEEP IT SECRED.

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S THEY WANT TO KEEP IT SECRET, BUT IT'S ONLY YOUR SECRET, DEMOCRATS, BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE KNOWS WHY. YOU'RE HIDING IT.

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IAN, IS IT FAIR TO I WANT TO ASSESS WHAT'S HAPPENED THUS FAR IN IRAN AS A MILITARY SUCCESS FOR THE UNITED STATES,

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SUCH A SUCCESS THAT IT WOULD I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULD GIVE ANY NATION IN THE WORLD PAUSE BEFORE THEY THOUGHT ABOUT FOOLING AROUND WITH THE AMERICAN MILITARY.

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YET ON THE OTHER HAND, A DISASTEROUS, STRATEGIC FAILURE? LARGELY, YES.

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I MEAN, A COUPLE OF SORT OF HESITATIONS THERE.

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FIRST, THE IRANIANS HAVE MUCH MORE MISSILE CAPABILITY than the Americans had assumed. They've got longer range missiles.

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They also have hypersonics that have been able to avoid American defenses. That's how you hit that base in Riyadh.

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That's HOW YOU HIT THE LNG FACILITY IN KADAR,

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EVEN AFTER THE IRANIANS SAID THEY WERE GOING TO DO THE LATTER.

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HARDENED FACILITY. SO THAT'S A BIT OF A PROBLEM.

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THE IRANIANS HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO DIG OUT THEIR BALLISTIC MISSILE STOCKPILES AFTER THEY'VE BEEN HIT,

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dig out some of the launch pads in less than 24 hours. So that resilience for a comparatively, you know,

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sort of small military is a bit problematic. But sure, if you're China and you're, you've never fought a naval war and, you know,

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you've got all sorts of corruption internally.

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You're not looking at what the Americans are doing militarily in Iran and Venezuela and say I can't wait to do Taiwan right now. No, absolutely PARTICULAR PARTICULARLY NOT.

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BUT WHAT YOU DO SEE IS THAT AMERICA'S POLITICAL CAPACITY TO TOLERATE PAIN,

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BOTH FROM THE TRADE WAR WITH THE CHINESE AND THEIR RESPONSE WITH CRITICAL MINERALS. NOW THEIR CAPACITY TO TOLERATE PAIN,

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BOTH FROM THE TRADE WAR THE AMERICANS HAVE A CREDIBLE MILITARY AND A GLASS JAW.

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THE AMERICANS HAVE A CREDIBLE MILITARY AND A GLASS JAW.

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AND YOU DON'T WANT IT IS NOT AMERICAN ADVERSARIES OR EVEN ALLIES FEELING THAT WAY ABOUT THIS COUNTRY, THAT THE AMERICANS CAN'T TAKE A THAT'S A VERY,

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VERY DIFFICULT CONCLUSION THAT I THINK MANY PEOPLE WILL DRAW FROM HOW PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HANDLED THIS WAR AND HOW HE'S HANDLED HIS POWER IN THE LAST YEAR.

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RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, PRESIDENT OF Eurasia Group

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