state state anthony blank, and also blaming iran, and likewise condemning the attack. so where does it go from here? what's iran strategy with this? so when more on this, this incident, let's bring in former us naval intelligence officer, john jordan, john, great to see you look if anybody knows about these issues, you do. so thanks for coming on. the bottom line here john is really have have traded attacks at sea, you know, numerous times this year alone. and really looking at the timeframe over the last 18 months. israel going after or on, and ships are on targeting israeli win ships. what's the strategy? what's the wrong strategy, though, with this maritime conflict and does are on the use of these, you know, as are called suicide rows represent a dangerous new escalation in warfare or in part in the pond. is iran simply testing the waters? there's 2 parts to this. john, the 1st part is iran. iranian domestic politics. first of all, they just had a new government sworn in. there's lots of different factions inside around that need to be placated. new regime wants to look tough and they want to look like they've even the score for the incident in the mediterranean a little while ago. so there is a posturing for a local audience and a local political audience inside of iran. that's one part. the other part is they want to carefully calibrate what they do, so that they can satisfy their domestic audiences, send a message to the europeans in the united states and israel that hey, we mean business or were you were serious players. but at the same time, not go so far where they would invite a collapse in, in, in the, in the iran nuclear deal and jeopardize the relaxation of sank sanctions. because that's really the, the end game for iran is economic. so they want to walk a fine line here, look tough, but not overdue it. but at the same time, if they can bait israel in the united states and perhaps into doing something outrageous, some disproportionate retaliation that would up into ron, can see that as prop sprint benefiting them in the court of european public opinion . and resulting in accelerated release of sanctions. so that's the dance that's being played out. right? yeah. and it's a great point. i was going to bring that up because israel has, you know, really a new prime minister as we know enough tale bennett, who, you know, regardless of what the contention about him becoming prime minister and the political machinations there. but

anthony blank in the u. s. secretary of state said that the united states had achieved its goals in our ganeth dance, and that because the terrors responsible for 911 were apprehended and killed, i had had achieved its golden and had been successful in the country. now it's important to note that the terrorists responsible for 911 were largely from saudi arabia. they were not afghan. furthermore, osama been lot and was killed in pakistan, not in afghanistan, so quite interesting. but lincoln is satisfied with the u. s. mission after 18 year years that we succeeded in achieving those fundamental objectives and the idea that we would sign up for remaining there in the midst of a civil war for another $510.00 or 20 years, was simply not in the national interest. now at this point, it's worth noting that it's done, the embassy flag has been taken down, the staff is evacuation. part of the reason they were scrambling is they believe they had 6 to 12 months to wrap up their operations in afghanistan. and it turned out they really only had 3, and it appears that us leaders and the information they had may not have b

states highland the the the secretary of state is also facing flack over the crisis to republican representatives, have raised impeachment articles, accusing anthony blank, and failing to properly advise the president of abandoning american interest. and i've kind of done the full out around the trip withdrawal has seen the entire biden administration that seems called on to increasing fire. i'm break it down for us. it's ortiz john hardy. there really continues to be some of the back and forth between the taliban and us officials over who is ultimately to blame for the security breach. you heard the taliban spokesman talking about that it was really the, the u. s. security failure. the u. s. was responsible for guarding the entrance to the airport, but the us maintain that it was the taliban failure for even allowing sisters to get through and basically infiltrate the crowds. regardless of the evacuation effort continues along with as president vine, and said the hunt for those responsible for thursdays attack the deadliest day by the way for us forces in afghanistan in a decade. president biden said the u. s. will hunt down those responsible though this also comes after just a few weeks ago. the president essentially lauding america's success in the region mission to degrade the terrors, tread about kind in afghanistan and kilo. some of been lot was a success. i believed that our presence in that gas dance should be focused on the reason we went in the 1st place to ensure afghans that would not be used as a base from which to attack our homeland. again. we did that. those who carried out just attack as well as anyone who wishes america harm. no. this we will not forgive. we will not forget we will hunt you down to make you pay. so certainly some contrasting statements there from the president and pentagon official said today by the way, there are specific, incredible french remaining in afghanistan, including the possibility of more attacks. now, whatever the outcome of the ongoing evacuation effort, it is certainly an extremely chaotic and messy situation. for the united states, and of course, for the biden administration, and president, coming under fire from republican leaders and officials calling for his resignation and saying that he ultimately bears the responsibility for what happened with some lawmakers. he's been going so far as saying he has quote, blood on his hands, if any america is harmed or killed, and not safely evacuated or if any of this military equipment or weapons are used to harbor kill an american. the blood is directly on jo biden's hands. this will destroy what's, what's left of nato, because the u. s. has been so unilateral and so clueless that mean for, for the president i states to be rebuked in the house of parliament. that's the 1st time it's ever happened. joe biden has blood on his hands. this heritage, national security, and humanitarian disaster is solely the result of jer, biden's weak and incompetent leadership. he's unfit to be commander in chief. it is in raging, and joe biden is responsible. it's now clear beyond all do