FORMER U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SUSAN RICE IS ALSO GOING
ADVISOR SUSAN RICE IS ALSO GOING TO JOIN US LIVE MOMENTARILY
TO JOIN US LIVE MOMENTARILY TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THIS IS TIME OF PROFOUND
THIS IS TIME OF PROFOUND UNCERTAINTY.
UNCERTAINTY. BUT IN TERMS OF ASSESSING THE
BUT IN TERMS OF ASSESSING THE RISK AND THINK ABOUT WHO’S IN
RISK AND THINK ABOUT WHO’S IN DANGER, THINKING ABOUT AMERICANS
DANGER, THINKING ABOUT AMERICANS WHO ARE MOVING ON THE FRONT
WHO ARE MOVING ON THE FRONT LINES TONIGHT IN THE WAYS THEY
LINES TONIGHT IN THE WAYS THEY WEREN’T BEFORE THE IRANIAN
WEREN’T BEFORE THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT WAS VOWING SEVERE
GOVERNMENT WAS VOWING SEVERE REVENGE AGAINST THE UNITED
REVENGE AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR THIS KILLING, JUST
STATES FOR THIS KILLING, JUST CONSIDER TONIGHT THAT WHENEVER
CONSIDER TONIGHT THAT WHENEVER YOU THINK OF US HERE AT HOME AND
YOU THINK OF US HERE AT HOME AND OUR RISK HERE, THERE ARE
OUR RISK HERE, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS RIGHT
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS RIGHT NOW, AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS
NOW, AMERICAN SERVICE MEMBERS RIGHTS NOW TONIGHT AS WE SPEAK
RIGHTS NOW TONIGHT AS WE SPEAK IN IRAQ AND IN SYRIA AND IN
IN IRAQ AND IN SYRIA AND IN QATAR AND IN BARAIN AND KUWAIT
QATAR AND IN BARAIN AND KUWAIT AND THE UNITED ARAB MEMERATES
AND THE UNITED ARAB MEMERATES AND AMERICAN TROOPS THERE.
AND AMERICAN TROOPS THERE. FOR US IT’S HARD TO HAVE ANY
FOR US IT’S HARD TO HAVE ANY SORT OF REALISTIC UNDERSTANDING
SORT OF REALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHETHER HERE IN THE U.S. WE
OF WHETHER HERE IN THE U.S. WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT BEING WITHIN
SHOULD WORRY ABOUT BEING WITHIN THE REACH OF THE KIND OF
THE REACH OF THE KIND OF RETALIATION THAT IRAN IS
RETALIATION THAT IRAN IS THREATENING NOW.
THREATENING NOW. BUT IT’S NOT AN ABSTRACT OR
BUT IT’S NOT AN ABSTRACT OR HYPOTHETICAL OR SORT OF
HYPOTHETICAL OR SORT OF EXTRAPOLATED CONCERN FOR ALL OF
EXTRAPOLATED CONCERN FOR ALL OF THESE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO
THESE THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS WHO ARE SERVING IN ALL THESE PLACES
ARE SERVING IN ALL THESE PLACES WHO WE KNOW TONIGHT ARE
WHO WE KNOW TONIGHT ARE ABSOLUTELY WITHIN REACH OF THE
ABSOLUTELY WITHIN REACH OF THE KIND OF PROXY FORCES IRAN HAS
KIND OF PROXY FORCES IRAN HAS BEEN CULTIVATING IN THE REGION
BEEN CULTIVATING IN THE REGION FOR DECADES.
FOR DECADES. AND THAT OF COURSE REALLY MAKES
AND THAT OF COURSE REALLY MAKES YOU HOPE THAT SOMEBODY HAS
YOU HOPE THAT SOMEBODY HAS THOUGHT THIS THING THROUGH, THE
THOUGHT THIS THING THROUGH, THE SECOND ORDER OR THIRD ORDER.
