SHE IS RIGHT.

YOU JUST NEVER KNOW.

MEANWHILE, LET'S BRING IN

MIKE HUCKABEE, FOX NEWS

CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER GOVERNOR

OF ARKANSAS.

FORMER REPUBLICAN

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, HE

JOINS US RIGHT NOW FROM DOWN

IN FLORIDA.

GOVERNOR, WE HAVE HAD A

NUMBER OF MILITARY GUESTS ON

WHO HAVE SAID IF THAT -- IF

THAT 15 OR 20 MISSILES WAS

IRAN'S RESPONSE, PRESIDENT

TRUMP WINS THIS ROUND.

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE

NEED TO LOOK AT THIS SORT OF

IN THE CONTEXT OF AN OLD

FAIRY TALE I GREW UP WITH

THREE BEARS ONE BOWL OF

POORGE TOO HOT, ONE COLD AND

ONE JUST RIGHT.

THE WAR IN IRAQ WAS TOO HOT.

WE WANTED TO GO IN, DO

NATION BUILDING.

BUILD SCHOOLS, WE THOUGHT WE

COULD CREATE A DEMOCRACY.

SO WE WENT ALL IN.

WE PUT MILITARY, BOOTS ON

THE GROUND.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE FIGHTING

FOR FREEDOM.

IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY

DIDN'T WANT IT THAT BADLY

AFTER ALL.

THEN THE OBAMA

ADMINISTRATION CAME.

THEIRS WAS TOO COLD.

IT WAS LET'S APPEASE

EVERYBODY.

LET'S BE HALF HEARTED IN

WHAT WE ARE DOING AND LET'S

GIVE IRAN A BUNCH OF CASH

AND MAYBE THEY WILL BE NICER

TO US IF WE BUY THEM OFF.

I THINK THIS PRESIDENT HAS

TAKEN THE RIGHT APPROACH.

IT'S MEASURED.

IT'S TARGETED.

IT'S SPECIFIC.

THE MEDIA WILL NEVER GIVE

HIM CREDIT FOR THE FACT THAT

HE HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL

AND CAREFUL BUT TAKING OUT

SOLEIMANI WAS IMPORTANT ACT

OF GETTING RID OF A MONSTER.

WE AUDITED TO BE PROUD OF

WHAT HE HAS DONE.

AINSLEY: SHAKING IN THEIR

BOOTS IT'S OBVIOUS MANY

PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY

TARGETED THESE BASES WHERE

AMERICANS ARE BUT DIDN'T HIT

ANYONE.

THERE ARE NO CASUALTIES.

THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO

TAKE PEOPLE OUT IF THEY WANT

TO.

WE STILL CAN'T FORGET WHO WE

ARE WITH.

>> THEY HAVE THREATENED US

FOR 40 YEARS.

WE FINALLY HAVE A PRESIDENT

WHO TAKES THAT SERIOUSLY AND

DOESN'T DISREGARD IT.

LET'S LOOK AT IT THIS WAY.

THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO IS

LIKE THE BIG DOG.

HE KNOWS IRAN IS NOT WORTH A

WAR.

THEY ARE NOT.

THEY ARE NOT THAT BIG.

THEY ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT.

THE PRESSURE THAT HE HAS PUT

ON THEM ECONOMICALLY IS

CRUMBLING THEM FROM WITHIN.

THE LITTLE DOG IRAN KEEPS

BARKING AND SNIFFING AND

TRIES TO HARASS THE BIG DOG.

BUT THE TRUTH IS THE BIG DOG

ISN'T TAKING THE BAIT.

BUT ONE DAY WHEN THE LITTLE

DOG GETS OUT OF HAND, THE

BIG DOG WILL BITE BACK AND

IT'S GOING TO BE OVER.

STEVE: SO FAR WE HAVE HAD

DOGS AND BEARS IN YOUR

APPEARANCE.

[LAUGHTER]

BRIAN: LET'S KEEP UP WITH

THAT ANOTHING, LAWRENCE

O'DONNELL TWEETED THIS WHILE

THE MIFLTSY IN THE AIR TRUMP

WAGGED THE DOG AND NOW THE

DOG IS WAGGING TRUMP.

>> GOT US TO THE BRINK OF.

TRUMP'S IMPULSES HAVE

BROUGHT US TO THE EDGE OF

WAR.

MICHAEL MOORE SUDDENLY A

CRITIC OF THE PRESIDENT

ALWAYS BEEN.

TRUMP WILL USE ANY FORM OF

ATTACK TO ESCALATE THE WAR

HE HAS STARTED.

THE WAR IS MEANT TO BEEN

EPISODE OF HIS UNREALITY

SHOW A DISTRACTION FROM THE

IMPEACHMENT.

>> THEY WILL NOT GIVE HIM

CREDIT NO MATTER WHAT HE

DID.

IF THEY WERE ALL GIVEN AN

OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN THE

WHITE HOUSE SITUATION ROOM

AND WATCH THE ATTACK ON

SOLEIMANI LIVE, THEY WOULD

SAY THE VIDEO QUALITY WAS

NOT GOOD ENOUGH THERE IS

NEVER GOING TO BE A TIME

WHERE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE IT.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE

MAYBE RECOGNIZE THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP TRULY DOES

NOT WANT WAR.

HE IS EXACTLY WHO HE

PRESENTED HIMSELF TO BE AS A

CANDIDATE AND AS A

PRESIDENT.

HE DOESN'T WANT WAR.

BUT HE IS NOT GOING TO LET

AMERICANS BE KILLED AND HIM

LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND LOOK

LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.

I THINK WE WANT A PRESIDENT

WHO FIGHTS FOR AMERICA BUT

DOESN'T GET US INTO SOMEBODY

ELSE'S FIGHT.

HE HAS BEEN TOTALLY

CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

AND WE OUGHT TO BE GRATEFUL.

>> RIGHT.

WE KNOW, TOO.

IF WE GET OUT.

THE RUSSIANS GET IN.

VLADIMIR PUTIN ON THE GROUND

IN SYRIA YESTERDAY, TAKING A

BOW.

HE RESTORED ASSAD TO POWER

AND BROUGHT PEACE TO DA MAT

CAN YOU SAY SO WE CAN LEAVE

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER

PLAYERS AREN'T GOING IN AND

I'M NOT SURE WE ARE TOO