SUNDAY, LAWMAKERS WOULD BACK

EARLY NEXT WEEK.

JON: SO THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN

BUSY ON THE TWITTER MACHINE

TODAY AND JUST MOMENTS AGO

PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNING IRONIC

AND STRIKING ANY AMERICAN

ASSETS.

SAYING THE U.S. HAS QUOTE

TARGETED 52 IRANIAN SITES

REPRESENTING THE 52 AMERICAN

HOSTAGES TAKEN BY RON MANY

YEARS AGO.

SOME AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL AND

IMPORTANT TO IRONIC THE

IRANIAN CULTURE.

AND THOSE TARGETS IN IRAN

ITSELF WILL BE HIT VERY FAST

AND VERY HARD.

THE USA WANTS NO MORE

THREATS.

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM

KANSAS IS A MEMBER OF THE

HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS

COMMITTEE.

HE IS ALSO A VETERAN OF IRAQ

AND THE U.S. ARMY.

CONGRESSMAN, THERE HAS BEEN A

LOT OF HANDWRINGING OVER THE

DEATHS OF QASSEM SOLEIMANI.

WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?

>> WHAT'S YOUR MEMBER THIS IS

GREAT NEWS.

FIRST OF ALL WE TOOK A

POWERFUL PIECE OF THE

CHESSBOARD, BUT WE ARE MOVING

FROM AN OBAMA POLICY OF

CONCILIATORY NOTICE OVER TO

DONALD TRUMP WHO WANTS TO

REESTABLISH DETERRENCE AND

ESTABLISH US AS A CREDIBLE

THREAT.

AND THAT IS SO IMPERATIVE FOR

THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN

TACTICAL ON THE GROUND, AND WE

UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE.

NOW IRAN WILL CONTINUE TO

ESCALATE, AND CLIMB UP THAT

LETTER B ESCALATION.

BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S

CLEAR, WE HAVE A CLEAR AND

DEEP MISSION.

AND THAT IS TO PROMOTE

PROSPERITY THROUGHOUT THE

REGION.

WE GET WITHIN THROUGH OUR

ALLIES USING OUR MILITARY

FORCES IF NEED BE, BUT

PREFERABLY ECONOMICS AND

DIPLOMACY AND THE LIKE.

JON: OBVIOUSLY THEIR ROCKIES

ARE THREATENING NOW TO PUSH

U.S. TROOPS OUT OF THAT

COUNTRY AS A RESULT OF THIS

AIRSTRIKE.

IRAQ IN SOME SENSE, IT'S BEING

KIND OF A PUPPET STATES TO

IRONIC STAYS.

WHAT IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN.

WHAT IF U.S. FORCES GET KICKED

OUT OF IRAQ BECAUSE OF ALL OF

THIS.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH BLOOD AND

TREASURE THE UNITED STATES HAS

SPENT THERE?

WOULD THAT BE WORTH IT?

>> I SAW THE STATEMENTS OF

PRYING MINISTER AND KIND OF

LIKE SECRETARY POMPEO, I

BELIEVE HE KNOWS THE ACTUAL

SITUATION IS HE ENDED MANY

PEOPLE WANT THE UNITED STATES

THERE.

THE FACT THERE ARE

DEMONSTRATORS REJOICING OVER

THE FACT THAT WE KILLED

SOLEIMANI IT WILL BE THERE.

UNFORTUNATELY I THINK IT'S A

SOFT TARGET WE WILL GET A

RETALIATORY ATTACK FROM IRAN.

LOOKING AT THE BATTLE SPACE

THAT IS PROBABLY WHERE IT'S

CAN HAPPEN.

THAT IS UNFORTUNATE.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE GROUND

THERE AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO

THE SOLDIERS AND INDIVIDUALS

AND DIPLOMATS, AND THE

CONTRACTORS THERE.

BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING

THROUGH A TOUGH TIME RIGHT NOW

BUT I.OUT THAT ACTION IN THE

SHORT-TERM DOES TAKE RISK.

BUT IN ACTION AND THE LONG RUN

IS EVEN MORE RISKY.

JON: A LOT OF DEMOCRATS ARE

UPSET, MAYBE EVEN ANGRY AT THE

PRESIDENT OVER THE STRIKE.

I WANT TO READ A STATEMENT

FROM SENATOR TIM KAINE OF

VIRGINIA.

HE WANTS TO SEE THE WAR POWERS

RESOLUTION FILED.

HE SAYS WE OUTSOURCE SERVICE

MEMBERS TO HAVE A DEBATE AND

VOTE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT'S

IN OUR NATIONAL BEST INTEREST

TO ENGAGE IN ANOTHER

UNNECESSARY WAR IN THE MIDDLE

EAST.

IN YOUR VIEW, IS WHAT THE

PRESIDENT DID TENSION TO

STARTING A WAR?

>> JON, NO, I'VE HEARD THE

DEMOCRATS RESPONSE.

AT FIRST THEY WERE TALKING

ABOUT ELEMENTS OF JUST WAR

THEORY.

FOR EXAMPLE WAS A

PROPORTIONATE RESPONSE, I

HEARD THAT.

I ALSO HEARD DID HE HAVE THE

AUTHORITY?

HE ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE

AUTHORITY.

NOW THIS INSURGENT, THAT'S

WHAT HE WAS A COMBATANT IN

IRAQ HAD KILLED HUNDREDS OF

AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS.

SO WE HAD EVERY BIT THE

RIGHTS, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY

TO DEBATE THAT WITH ANY

DEMOCRAT IN THE HOUSE.

JON: THE ARGUMENT IS THOUGH

YOU CUT THE HEAD OFF THE

SNAKE, BUT THE SNAKE REMAINS

ALIVE.

AND THAT IT WILL JUST GROW A

NEW HEAD.

WHAT ABOUT THAT?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT

SOLEIMANI IS THAT ONE OF THE

THINGS HE ADDED WAS HIS

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT HE

HAD WITH HAS BELONG IN LEBANON

AND SYRIA, AND IRAQ, AND YOU

TAKE AWAY HIM AS AN

INDIVIDUAL, A LOT OF THAT

DEPENDS ON THE PERSONAL

RELATIONSHIP THEY HAD WITH

HIM.

THAT'S WHEN HE BROUGHT TO THE

FIGHT.

WHEN YOU TAKE HIM AWAY IT'S

MORE THAN JUST A POSITION.

HE IS KIND OF A FOLK HERO AS

WE SEE.

SO IT'S A HUGE VICTORY FOR US,

AND AGAIN WE NEED TO

REESTABLISH OURSELVES AS A

CREDIBLE THREAT.

AND THAT SOMETHING EVEN AT THE

TACTICAL LEVEL, THERE'S A LOT

OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM I MAKE

SENSITIVE FOR THE STRATEGIC

LEVEL WE TAKE IT DOWN TO THE

TACTICAL LEVEL.

THOSE AROUND THE GROUND WITH

RIFLES AND SAT PHONES, WE WANT

THEM TO BELIEVE THAT IF

ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO US,

THEN A PRECISION GUIDED

HELLFIRE MISSILE FROM A REAPER

DRONE WAS GONNA COME RAINING

DOWN ON THEM.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID, NESSA FEAR

WE SET ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

IF YOU ARE BATTLE CAPTAIN AND

YEAR YEMEN AND THERE IS AN

INSURGENT OR LET'S SAY AND HAS

BELOW, KEEP IN MIND THAT IF WE

CAN TAKE OUT YOUR GENERAL,

THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE YOU