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-- just mentioning that breaking here is about eleven not and the saudis in Saudi Arabia again telling all of us citizens.
To get out of the country colonel Oliver North actually.
Joins us right now I don't wanna start with first your initial reaction is breaking news we're hearing that maybe some chemical weapons have been moved into a valley eleven non medicine reports that are crossing.
Right now colonel what is your take on this.
Very ominous reports -- because the saudis have far better information intelligence if you will and what's happening on the ground.
Here is a key indicator is will the Israelis.
Bob.
There national defense posture in other words they're did it defense conditional we called Defcon.
As a response to this there's long been concerned that what could happen in Syria.
Is the chemical munitions stockpiles will be moved into the back top valley in the hands of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah courses a puppet for the Iranian regime and the concern in Israel has been.
If that happens with -- sides chemical weapons.
Would.
-- Hezbollah then launched an attack on chemical with chemical weapons northern Israel.
Thus broadening the whole conflict has begun would this effort to overthrow the Asad regime.
Well you know Carl let me stay on the -- -- -- -- a Monica is also this morning we get more.
News cross saying on the ads is headed to Syria and a UN panel saying that the Syrian regime has.
Quote committed crimes against humanity maybe not to our viewers that's a big surprise but now the United Nations making that declared its statement.
What is that we'll have an impact is that gonna have on the region well.
Like this this has been a civil war for some months now it's gone on for eighteen months it's been -- civil war for at least six months.
And -- the outcome of this is going to depend and what someone does to either get in the middle of the various factions which is probably not a very good idea or taking sides to end it.
Now I can't imagine anybody wants to get -- on the side of the side.
And so somebody had better figure out very quickly -- -- is that we want to run Syria after this is all over but probably not going to be a radical Islamic.
The current one of the big problems with Syria is obvious of their relationship -- the -- the United States has an incredibly strained relationship with Iran.
Not just from the oil embargo on the sanctions perspective but also -- a political perspective and human perspective.
What does all of this mean to you at the end of the day do you think that Iran and Syria are gonna be a threat to the US.
Absolutely they have been for sometime around as the number one threat existential lead to Israel and to the United States and our interest around the globe because they really do mean what they say when they talk about destroying the little Satan Israel.
And the great Satan America second Syria is their puppet.
They cannot afford to lose it because it is their access to Hezbollah.
-- surrogate in northern and southern Lebanon and for an attack on Israel they've got to keep that pathway -- this is a very dangerous development -- -- are -- colonel Oliver North I guess happenstance hedging here we'll have you back -- course to talk about many more things.
With regards to national security colonel Oliver North thank you for getting on the breaking news for us.
