. >> ambassador korb, the government of yemen the former government of yemen has been claiming a while that the houthi rebels have been getting crucial support from shia iran. now with saudi arabia bombing certain positions in yemen what are the prospects for more dangerous regional war between saudi arabia and iran? >> well, i think it certainly dots increasedoes increase it. are they willing to send ground troops in and then will iran do as they're doing in syria get you know provide more support to the -- to the houthis there? so i.t. really is a very, very -- so it really is a very, very complex situation. because the saudis are bombing i.s.i.l. in syria which iran likes them doing but obviously they're not going to like them doing this. >> it gets more complicated. we're talking about united states and iran being on the same side of the fight in iraq but as far as yemen, we know the houthi rebels have been overlyingoverrunning a united states base used for drone launches. how importantly is that base? >> i think we have to be careful when the president talked about yemen as a succ

joining us now is former assistant defense secretary lawrence korb. now a senior fellow at the center for american progress. good to see you. i was told last week by the way by folks that had dealings with the iranians in the past that this was going to ha. they are infamous stretching things out. just when you think they have a deal they come in with some proviso. are you surprised or not so they did this. >> i'm not surprised they did it. not just them. don't forget, the french, for example want to take harder line than we do. you have seven nations there but it was important to put a deadline because you have to bring these things to conclusion. you can't keep this temporary agreement going forever. david: yeah. you bring up an interesting, does it bother you at all that the french are being more hard-line than we are? >> no. it doesn't. i mean i think what people have to realize is that country, for example the russians have a different concern about iran than we do because it is right on the border. and so, people have different view. we're obvio

with the former director of national security studies at the council on foreign relations, lawrence korb and he said it was inevitable. >> if the bombing doesn't achieve the objectives what next? more bombings will you do it like libya, where it lasted seven months before they got muammar gaddafi out. what will they do if the houthis send insurgents into saudi arabia? will they be willing to put ground forces in. it's easy to start a war, more difficult to stop and you should think about these things before you start. we hope that this will have such a shock that the houthis will negotiate with the government to come to a power sharing arrangement. >> do you think that will happen? how long can the houthis fight? >> i gain that is an interesting question. this is the last thing they thought about. they were thinking they could force out the government. they have a primitive air force, but nothing like the saudis have. the saudis have american equipment and by the most sophisticated equipment in the world. i don't think they thought the saudis would come in they'd chase out the government

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