here to discuss all this is retired four star general jack keane but, before we get to jack keane i wantr some of the history and organizations to reframe your mind we talk about this every day. i mean, let's go back to hamas in the 1980s they emerge right in the gaza west bank area. their goal as a sunni extremist organization to oust all western culture, especially israel they concern palestine which it's not. they still exist today. shi iran wrin brings al-qaeda. led by usama bin laden famously. kicked out of saudi arabia where it started. they took root over in pakistan, afghanistan region. they also had a presence in sudan. the relevance today, the branches are still operating in and around there and gave birth to some derivatives they often brawl with one of those derivatives is isis famously called by four star general austin at the time and who told president biden at the time don't worry about it. they are really not a big deal. they are like the jv team. they are not the jv team. they can be -- they are famed for being able to inspire people without training them in person the

, anything jack keane says i'm going to agree with.the problem is, all of those things are accurate. the problem is, we are spending in constant dollars more money on defense than we spent in the peak of the reagan buildup and our military is 50% smaller, less fighting capability. that's why i'm excited about what elon musk is going to do on doge so we can get more bang for the buck. we're spending the money. we aren't getting the military capability coming out the other end and the dei is one of the big problems as you pointed out. maria: really an important conversation. you're a marine, aren't you, sir. >> yes, i am. maria: semper fi, thank you for your service to our great nation. general arnold punero. stay with us. we'll be right back. [sofi mnemonic] can a personal loan unlock your ambitions? oh yeah. take a swing at your kitchen reno... we meant that literally. sofi personal loans. low, fixed rates. borrow up to $100k. no fees required. lock in let's go. rated e for everyone. [rock and roll music playing] xfinity. made for gami

in the strategic analyst and institute for the study of war, general jack keane.ure. thank you for being here. >> i'm delighted to be here. >> your reaction to the commentary there in the final foreign policy speech. it's stunning rewriting of the fact of the history and you solve afghanistan you stop fighting in afghanistan another got a 2014. we had a modest representation of our troops 2500 that is less than what in the 52 brigades of the united states army that's how small it is and he makes this statement that we ended the war, we did not end the war we ended our participation to the taliban that susan charge of the country. that is what are the reasons it incentivize our adversaries not just because of the chaotic emergency retreat what they saw as the united states after working side-by-side with the partner the afghan government to deal with the taliban who supported al-qaeda and killing 3000 americans, the reality is we surrendered that very country to her adversaries and they look that as being weak on part of the united states begin this idea that russi

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stuart: retired four star general jack keane joins me this morning.w do you rate the terror threat inside the u.s. right now? >> well, i take it on what the fbi director said it's a heightened awareness and threat, largely due to the openness of the southern border. remember, we did detain some people from tajikistan and suspected terrorist and we've had many on the terrorist watch list that have been detained as well. so i think that is a contributing factor to the heightened awareness. certainly this incident in new orleanss and your thought goes out to the -- heart goes out to the victims and families with this tragedy and they're out trying to celebrate life itself and they lost their lives. this particular individual is not associated with a foreign terrorist organization in terms of being, as we know right now, being directed by a foreign terrorist organization. he's only, as we know, likely inspired by it. and this is what makes it really tough. i'm not about to say this is any failure of our intelligence community for a couple of reasons. one,

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bring in retired four star general jack keane who joins me now.neral, what is biden's foreign policy legacy? >> >> his aintense chief this year and four days after the state of the union 2024, they delivered this message in a scheduling brewing that the united states is facing the most serious and dangerous threats from china, iran, russia and north korea and the threat is growing. this all took place during the biden administration. we did not have war in europe until he became president and pulled out of afghanistan. and war in europe means putin wants to take ukraine and expand into europe. we have war in the middle east. iran is operationalized all its proximate jim jordans to do two thing -- proxies to destroy the state of israel, and it's not working obviously and driving them out of the region. president xi stepped up his game in terms of aggression and assertiveness in the indo pacific region and they've all happened under the biden administration. they're going to stay they l strengthened their rich with allies and partners, that is true.

happy new year to you and your family. >> dana: let's get to retired general jack keane. chairman for the institute for the study of war. sir, in some ways i feel like we have this conversation over and over again. and do you think the problems are worse, steady, or even declining as joe biden had suggested? >> well, i think the problem is still serious is the way i would describe it. isis and certainly al qaeda are not the organizations that they used to be. very central directing attacks around the world. they are a mere shadow of their former self in terms of the central organization. but al qaeda is regenerated and isis still has a presence. global jihad does exist in many countries today. largely in countries, as we've seen in the past, that are fragile or their societies are fragmented and they are able to take advantage of the discord in those countries. those countries are simply in africa, mali, niger, somalia, kenya, indonesia, afghanistan, pakistan and also iraq and syria. those are where the real attacks are taking place on a regular basis. but as we've seen h

want to bring bring in jack keane.n jake sullivan says when we were still in afghanistan people would be dying. that's not the criticism. it was about a decision to withdraw and the way it was done. it is hard to see right now how that looks better in time as history takes its course, sir. >> first of all, americans weren't fighting in afghanistan since 2014. we were there at the end with only 2500 soldiers on the ground and we had three c.i.a. bases as well. and the reality is that 2500, that's less than what would be in one of the 53 brigades in the united states army. and that was a modest commitment by anybody's definition and our soldiers were not fighting and dying as he is describing. that's a false narrative that he is creating there. the six nato nations who were there with us, who had 7,000 troops collectively, they wanted to stay. and listen, yes, the decision to go was an incentive for the aggression that we have seen since that time. what do i mean by that? it wasn't just the chaotic emergency retreat that

paul: let's bring in retired four-star general and fox news senior strategic analyst jack keane.elcome, general, good to see you again. i think isis fell off the american attention span for many years here. since it lost its caliphate in syria with. but now it's back and with a vengeance. just how strong is islamic state, and where are they operating? >> well, they've gone through significant changes, as you i implying there -- you're implying there, certainly. isis is part of the global jihadist movement. al-qaeda is still out there and small organizations. they're really fragments. -- fragmented but active and quite resilient. the reality they've lost their central controlling aspect to the organization where they would be directing networks to the accomplish certain goals and objectives for them. the united states played the heaviest hand in taking down the islamic state and also taking down al-qaeda central, so to speak, with usama bin laden and other leaders. sos what is happening is they still take safe heaven and refuge in federal jill states and countries where there is s

joining us now retired four star general fox news senior strategic analyst general jack keane. mention that, i thought that's got to be our lead with you today. your thoughts about him contacting vladimir putin directly after the 20th. what should he say? >> well, certainly a meeting with both of these leaders makes lots of sense. the relates is what president trump is facing, when he left office four years ago, the strategic framework was, you know, china was our major competitor. our major threat. and now he is facing collaboration coordination with china, russia, iran and north korea. we haven't seen that corroboration and collaboration since world war ii. the reality is the danger of that is presented as a result of their collaboration and coordination is significant. it's not an isolated event that russia went to war in europe. because they believe they are going to get away with it. it's not an isolated event that iran drive down the united states out of the region. these events are happening because they believe the united states would not confront them that we don't hav

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