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Cowan on Risk of Attack from Iran

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    FOX News Contributor Lt. Col. Bill Cowan discusses the threat Iran poses to the United States.

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We already have -- grousing.

-- down -- all.

Is said to me that.

The thing I heard somebody on television and earlier somebody.

I'll say that Iran had a bunch of missiles poignant and -- -- -- -- their job.

-- -- Iran though one of their senior military people said within the last couple days we have 50000 rockets were prepared to fire.

At the US and Israel -- the strike is done against Iran and you know that's a more bluster than anything else because we've carefully watch their missile program.

We know that they've worked on firing long range missiles they don't have any missiles.

They're gonna make it to the United States they do have some that might get very close to Israel.

But by the same token they don't need missiles to accomplish all of their objectives and in fact Hezbollah thanks -- Iran.

Has thousands upon thousands of very upgraded missiles much better than they had.

When that war went on in 2005 you might remember I man when they have Mullen here -- of Israelis had this war.

UN resolution put UN observers in there to make sure no more missiles were brought in.

That's -- help arm Hezbollah that went out the window right away those UN observers there most of all been sitting around.

Reading comic book your plane on the web because -- -- is more -- now than it ever was with much more upgraded missiles so there's no question.

Thousands of -- thousands of missiles can rained down on Israel.

And then many missiles could in fact hit US.

Facilities are bases are installations or be fired -- US navy ships.

Operating in the gulf over there but I don't think we're gonna find an Iranian missiles landing on US soil talk a little time -- -- John Merrill.

Also sort of growth -- my favorite euros summer as a Baltimore enrollment for.

Little time in -- brilliant guy AI man though that probably the smartest man I ever work Boren and -- for a few years with MI got to do Iran Contra with him -- to a historical event but.

But sitting with him and watching him while he met with secretaries of state secretaries of defense.

Other high level government officials was always an education of the first order and and that those the end elect that this senator Warren Rudman had far exceeded anything I've seen anywhere in terms of being able to look at an issue understand it and I think he always voted with this are not what politics in mind socialize over.

He is still alive and he's a working at a law firm here in town out -- -- Maybe habits and health issues but he's he's here in Washington as active as ever I went on the web -- -- -- him recently at.

You know he's part of the Concord Coalition you may recall back when I was a staffer for him they had Gramm Rudman Hollings balance all of us are getting to act.

And he was one of founders of that -- that of that came the Concord Coalition which has a number of brilliant.

People like him other senators economists and what have you who have all along been talking about balanced budgets been talking about the economy.

Been talking about debt like we're dealing with now and of course all the things they back did back in 87 -- Quickly overrun by other congresses that came -- decided a balanced budget who needs it forget that -- let's move forward and continue to borrow money.

Brought into iron and don't Friendster with.

Supreme Court justice David Souter.

Well yeah I've actually you know what I'm and one no Justice Souter as senator Rudman got him on the Supreme Court are gone into the White House got.

And actually when Justice -- came down.

Here for his White House interview we had a blizzard in Washington DC and I had a four wheel drive Jeep.

And senator Rudman -- -- bill can you go down to a national airport and pick up Justice -- because he is gonna land.

Thanking you getting around town that day in years later and I did I had I had a very enjoyable time in years later Justice -- I saw -- that you know bill.

I wouldn't have ever become a Supreme Court justice had you not driven -- around town that day to make all the my appointments get my interviews.

And then ultimately get nominated to a nice nice it was -- night that he would remembers something like that's not Gaza brown eyes and remember them are generally our -- and -- took.

The President Obama is raising the costs and health care for.

-- the military and for veterans.

There's an effort to do that right right now -- man he wants to increase the amount of money to -- -- The veterans have to pay that military members have to -- the dependence have to pay and -- there's an active effort on going here in town by various military organizations.

To -- make sure that doesn't happen I can't imagine that the US congress is gonna stand by and let those kinds of things happen.

But yes he is he's trying to increase the amount of veterans it's active duty members and veterans have to pay tomorrow -- humble -- R&R is on are now beyond Arnold thank you very much my honor -- -- -- you so much I enjoyed being with Norton won't come colonel don't calendar and arms -- -- -- -- -- --

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