'The president is listening to the wrong people, and again he's making short-term announcements and decisions on an issue that's a long-term problem,' Mark Hertling warned.
disregarding the advice of top administration officials when it comes to Iran, choosing instead to listen to the opinions of prominent Fox News hosts and hardline GOP politicians.
"The president is listening to Laura Ingraham, Tucker Carlson, [Senator] Tom Cotton, none of whom are national security experts," Hertling said on CNN's"Who he's not listening to is the CIA director, the joint chairman of the joint chiefs, the secretary of defense–the acting decretary of defense–the secretary of state and some of the other people who should be providing input in terms of a primary commitment as what the long-term U.S.
Donald Trump participates in a debate sponsored by Fox News at the Fox Theatre on March 3, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan"The president is listening to the wrong people, and again he's making short-term announcements and decisions on an issue that's a long-term problem," he argued. Hertling voiced his concerns after Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced on Thursday that it had shot down a U.S. military drone that it accused of encroaching on its airspace. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the drone had been shot down as reported, but claimed it was flying in international airspace over the Strait of Hormuz.
"The only way for our enemies to be safe is to respect our sovereignty, national security, and the national interests of the great Iranian nation," Major General Hossein Salami, who leads the Revolutionary Guard, said
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