>> WE TOOK ACTION LAST NIGHT TO

STOP A WAR.

WE DID NOT TAKE ACTION TO START

A WAR.

>> Neil: WE DID NOT TAKE

ACTION TO START A WAR.

FOR A RETIRED AIR FORCE GENERAL

WHO JOINS US RIGHT NOW.

CAN WE AVOID THAT?

>> I BELIEVE SO, NEIL.

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE STRIKE

LAST NIGHT WAS MEASURED IN AN

APPROPRIATE RESPONSE BY THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO ACTUALLY

A SERIES OF DEMONSTRATED GREAT

RESTRAINT AFTER 18 MONTHS WORTH

OF AGGRESSIVE ACTIONS IN

VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

BY THE IRANIANS.

U.N. THE THE AUDIENCE ARE

FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.

THE SEIZING OF TANKING IN

INTERNATIONAL WATERS, THE TAX ON

OTHER TANKERS, THE SHOOTDOWN OF

AN UNARMED AMERICAN DRONE, AND

ATTACKS ON A SOVEREIGN ALLY AS

OIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN

SAUDI ARABIA.

SO, WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP DID WAS

HE SET A REDLINE, THAT BEING THE

LOSS OF AMERICAN LIVES OR

INJURIES.

AND WHEN THAT LINE WAS CROSSED,

HE TOOK APPROPRIATE ACTION.

>> Neil: YOU KNOW WHAT I ALSO

WONDER ABOUT, WITHOUT GETTING

INTO POLITICS, DEMOCRAT OR

REPUBLICAN, DOES THAT MEAN THOSE

WHO CRITICIZE TAKING THIS GUY

OUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR

THOUSANDS OF U.S. DEATHS, THAT

YOU WOULD NOT.

KNOWING THAT YOU HAD THE

OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNEW WHERE HE

WAS, THAT WAS LIKE THE CRITICISM

THAT BILL CLINTON GOD FOR NOT

TAKING OUT USAMA BIN LADEN WHEN

HE WAS PRESIDENT FOR FEAR OF

COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

AND HE DID NOT.

WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED YEARS

LATER.

SO I WONDER, SURELY YOU ARE NOT

ADVOCATING HOLDING OFF ON DOING

THAT FOR FEAR THAT TAKING OUT A

BUTCHER WOULD LEAD TO MORE

BUTCHERING?

>> NEIL, LET ME BE CANDID.

I AM ABSOLUTELY APPALLED AT THE

FEAR THAT MANY OF, AND I TRY TO

STAY NONPARTISAN, BUT THE FEAR

THAT MANY ON THE LEFT HAVE BEEN

ADVOCATING TO POTENTIAL IRANIAN

RESPONSE THAT IS PARALYZING THE

UNDERSTANDING THAT WE NEED TO

DEFEND AND HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY

OF THE PRESIDENT TO DEFEND

AMERICAN LIVES AND INTERESTS.

SO THE WAY THAT WE WILL DETER

IRAN IS NOT BY PROJECTING FEAR,

BUT BY MAKING SURE THAT THE

IRANIAN LEADERSHIPS UNDERSTAND

THAT WE CAN CRUSH THEM LIKE A

BUG, AND WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND