Leon Panetta on Iran: The Problems Is That Trump Keeps Changing the Objective, ‘Too Many Different Versions’

RUSH EXCERPT:PANETTA: "I think one of the problems that we‘ve seen is that the president keeps changing the objective that‘s involved here look, when I was secretary of defense, the most serious responsibility you have is to deploy our men and women in uniform into harm‘s way. That‘s the most serious responsibility. And they have to have a clear objective. They‘ve got to have a clear strategy, and they‘ve got to have an end game. And the problem is that when the president keeps changing the the objective here, I mean it began as regime change. The secretary of defense said, no, no, it‘s not regime change. It‘s going after nuclear and missiles. And then secretary Rubio provided an explanation that involved an attack by Israel and trying to respond to that there‘s just too many different versions and so when the president says that now that it‘s about unconditional surrender and it‘s about him being able to name a leader for Iran that‘s the kind of unrealistic commentary that that very frankly, undermines our focus on the main mission and what the military is all about, which is to destroy their war making capability. That should be the mission that should be what the president is talking about rather than speculating about these various things that just are never going to happen."

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Leon Panetta on Iran: The Problems Is That Trump Keeps Changing the Objective, ‘Too Many Different Versions’‘To name a leader for Iran, that‘s the kind of unrealistic commentary that very frankly, undermines our focus on the main mission’News & Politics,InternationalRUSH EXCERPT:PANETTA: "I think one of the problems that we‘ve seen is that the president keeps changing the objective that‘s involved here look, when I was secretary of defense, the most serious responsibility you have is to deploy our men and women in uniform into harm‘s way. That‘s the most serious responsibility. And they have to have a clear objective. They‘ve got to have a clear strategy, and they‘ve got to have an end game. And the problem is that when the president keeps changing the the objective here, I mean it began as regime change. The secretary of defense said, no, no, it‘s not regime change. It‘s going after nuclear and missiles. And then secretary Rubio provided an explanation that involved an attack by Israel and trying to respond to that there‘s just too many different versions and so when the president says that now that it‘s about unconditional surrender and it‘s about him being able to name a leader for Iran that‘s the kind of unrealistic commentary that that very frankly, undermines our focus on the main mission and what the military is all about, which is to destroy their war making capability. That should be the mission that should be what the president is talking about rather than speculating about these various things that just are never going to happen."Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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