Having said that, he has said that they're going to be more sanctions on the Iranians where you're getting mixed messages.

On the one hand, the foreign minister has suggested that last night's attacks completed the operation.

On the other hand, there's still a lot of fervor and a lot of fury, and I think it's far too soon to say that that's an end of what the Iranians are going to do to retaliate for the killing of General Suleimani.

You know, it's the old thing.

They say, you know, talk softly and carry a big stick.

So far, what the Iranians have done is talk loudly, but have carried just a small stick because the attacks on the basis here in Iraq last night they were really largely symbolic.

Iran fired ballistic missiles at 1:20 a.m. The same time that General Hossam Sulamani was blown up in Baghdad last Friday.

But the attack on an al Asad base was less deadly, killing neither us nor reportedly Iraqi troops because the Iranians had given the Iraqi government advanced warning.

A satellite picture seems to show limited damage to several sections, amongst them an aircraft shelter.

This morning, Iraqi forces found missile fragments near Erbil, where another base was hit.

Iraq is in the area were cleaning up there.

The thankfully not fatal collateral damage a 2 a.m. We had a very loud sound, and when we walked outside, we saw the broken windows and we were terrified.

We didn't know that there was an American base nearby.

We don't know why they even hit us.

Yesterday, some NATO troops, including U.

S Marines, were choppered out of the Green Zone in Baghdad.

But the boat remain on three bases outside the capital, including those hit.

Speaking to an audience in Tehran after the strikes, Iran's supreme leader was greeted by customary chance of death to America.

Carl, you know, maybe shake.

She forgot to want as their own image on Jim.

Oh, I'm man enough for us t fits hot, barren Giza on recording a few hours before the body of General Soleimani was finally lowered into its resting place in his hometown of Kerman.

Oh, the crowds to mourn him may not be satisfied with a slap as the only retaliation for his killings.

We did not start this process of escalation.

The United States rage an economic war against Iran.

The United States has to come to its senses the presence of Iranian people in the streets, off many cities, unprecedented in the history a sea of humanity has to bring to the United States to its senses.

The Iranian government says it remains determined to avenge Salim on his death.

Victory is close, they hope.

But victory for Iran means U.

S troops abandoning the Middle East completely, and it will take more than a couple of missile strikes to make that happen now.

The other thing that President Trump said was that there would be even more sanctions on Iran.

Now that does worry people here in Iraq, because this country since the 2000 and three American invasion, it's really being pulled between those two power base is the U.

S.

On the one side and Iran on the other.

And it's very dependent on Iran for a lot of goods also for electricity.

Ah, large amount of the electricity here in Iraq comes from Iran.

There's a waiver on sanctions at the moment, which allows that to happen.

But that's up later this month.

And if the Americans don't continue with that waiver, well, it's going to go dark.

Here are a lot of the time, and that is something that really worries people.

People here lived through sanctions under the time of Saturn was saying they know what it's like.

I was talking to one Iraqi woman today, she said.

Look, my family and I, we've already changed all our Iraqi dinars into US dollars because we're so worried about the currency losing all its value.

People here are very concerned that this this is not contained.

It's not just Iran in America, it's here.

One Iraqi man I spoke to you said look, is like a football match, he said, where you've got these two ferocious sides battling it out, we Iraq is, he said, we're just the pitch.

Lindsay, Thanks very much, Jacki.

As long as I'm president of the USA.

Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon.

There was no doubt what Donald Trump wanted to emphasize in his televised address this afternoon.

After praising US forces for last week's drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, Mr Trump demanded the U.

K and others walk away from the Iran nuclear deal.

Washington correspondent Sean Kennedy joins us now live on Well, Jackie, As you can imagine, everyone was on tenterhooks here in the U.

S, waiting to hear what their president would have to say.

He had been making those same fiery threats right up until yesterday afternoon when he promised that if Iran did strike that they would be met with severe consequences.

Yet today he is clearly sought to bring those tensions back down.

But I have to say those red lines are still very visible.

He said that Iran will not be allowed tohave a nuclear weapon on his watch.

Jackie.

But remember, it was he who walked away from the only deal on the table that its supporters said had a chance of achieving that.

He's also threatened, as Lindsay was mentioning.

They're fresh half sanctions against the regime.

So while today, yes, we are seeing something off a conciliatory tone from the president.

Here it is by no means guaranteed with Iran will play ball after a nervous night, an address to the nation from the grand foyer of the White House commander in chief.

Trump, flanked by his most senior generals and advisors, delivered his response to Iran's ballistic missile attack on American troop locations.

Would an unpredictable president call for revenge or call for calm?

The American people should be extremely grateful and happy.

No Americans were harmed in last night's attack by the Iranian regime, and that appears to be the key factor as to whether this crisis would escalate or allow both sides to take a breath.

Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.

The president announced additional punishing economic sanctions, requested help from NATO in the region and demanded allies walk away from the nuclear deal with Iran, just as he had done in 2018 sparking this current crisis.

The time has come for the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China to recognize this reality, they must now break away from the remnants of the Iran deal or J C.

P.

Away.

And we must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place.

The response to the killing of that Iranian general has begun.

It didn't feel safe overnight, the most dangerous moment in our lifetimes.

As the president watched from the situation room surrounded by his advisers, the first indication of his mood came, unsurprisingly, on Twitter.

All is well missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq.

Assessment of casualties and damage is taking place now.

So far, so good.

We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world by far.

I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.

Trump brings chaos to the whole world.

Trump lies.

Trump is guilty, must be removed, must be removed.

On Capitol Hill this morning, protesters lined the corridors in the war in Iran.

Move Trump!

But Republican senators say these developments a proof of a big win for Donald Trump.

I think he is taking it as an opportunity to not just deal escalate, start negotiations with this hasn't happened.

You guys since 1979 And so that's a major thing.

And I know all those people out there who hate Trump.

He's accomplishing something here that is just really magnificent.

If there was ever any doubt that when when you're dealing with evil people, weakness invites the wolves.

I think I totally got the message.

He's either a really bad shot or he understands If he spills American blood, he he will receive great vengeance and furious anger.

But this is by no means mission accomplished.

God bless America, thank you very much.

This is an unpredictable president juggling a crisis his critics say is off his own making on one the repeatedly in flames after days of edging towards the brink.

Now a tentative pause.

But will it last Sean Kennedy there?

Well, joining me now from New York is Ian Bremmer, the president and found review.

Raise your group of political risk research and consulting firm and from Erbil in Iraq is the journalist he were.

Osmond, who served in is as an advisor to former president of Iraq Jalal Talabani.

Thank you both for joining me in.

Bremner first has President Trump, whether by accident or design, pulled off a significant victory here.

Well, he has today, of course.

Let's keep in mind that this was self imposed.

I mean, the reason that there's been escalation from the Iranians over the last number of months has been because the United States decided President Trump decided to unilaterally withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal.

All of the American allies of including, of course, United Kingdom opposed that.

And when the Iranians couldn't get anyone to still work with them and do business with them under the terms of the deal, because the United States much more powerful, they started to escalate, including even hitting 50% of Saudis oil.

They were taken by basically off line.

And so finally the Iranian started hitting the Americans directly.

Then you saw this very significant hit from Trump last Friday, killing Qassem Suleimani, and the Iranians have indeed back down substantially the last weekend.

The last 72 hours, I think, reflects a tactical win for Trump.

There is an opportunity to engage in negotiation now.

In long term, that opportunity should be taken, but again it's it's important to put in context because we wouldn't be where we were in the last 72 hours of Trump hadn't pulled out of that deal.

I mean, there's speculation that this last 24 hours has been a little bit of theater, perhaps from both sides.

You know, the U.

S.

Say they were warned.

No Americans were killed.

President Trump said there was minimal damage to the basis.

Is it possible that this is some sort of slightly elaborate theater so that both sides can now back down, pull away from escalating the crisis?

Um, I think it's really one sided.

There's no question that you can people saying United States Trump got lucky and it's true, but it's a lot easier to be lucky if you're the most powerful country in the world if you're the president with the most powerful military.

And so I just think the realities of a symmetry really matter that the Iranians didn't understand where the red lines were when they hit the Saudis, not only to Trump, not respond, but the Saudis was so unnerved by that they started negotiating with Iran on and they ended up with the prisoner swap between the two.

Clearly, the Iranians thought that the only way they could get the Americans to pay any attention and have a chance of actually getting getting their economy moving again is by showing that they were willing to escalate, and that really hurt them.

They miscalculated, and they also tried to thumb thumbs Trump's nose in it.

The supreme leader even tweeting that the Americans couldn't do anything about it again.

The events of the last 48 hours.

I wouldn't call it Kabuki.

I would call it the Iranians, recognizing the realities of massive power balance into country He were Osmond just bring you in that the Iraqi prime minister had been urging both sides to pull back warning of a devastating all out war.

How satisfied do you think the Iraqis will be now that, in the words of President Trump, Iran is standing down that this is, for the moment over?

Well, it's certainly sends a signal to the Iraqi people that Iran, without Qasem Soleimani, is a bit more moderate, thin, the previous one and probably wiser.

A catastrophe could have taken place over over last night, but many Iraqis say thank God it didn't know, but no one died on Dhe it was.

It came as a sigh of relief because had their being serious casualties in this attack, the Americans would have responded with even stronger power on the arena.

Of all of this would have bean Iraq, though, so the main collateral damage would have taken place on Iraqi soil on by Iraqi people.

And this was this would have been catastrophic for for quite a lot of Iraqis.

On it would have derailed the demonstrations on the calls for reform process that are taking place in the various areas again areas of Iraq against those who are today in government and are mostly on the Iranian side or backed by the Iranians.

I mean, in the early days after the assassination of Sulamani, Iran had vowed severe revenge.

Will all Iranians be satisfied that this strike is in fact enough?

Well, the contrary to the expectations that the revenge seems to be quite the mellow, as as some Iraqis were describing it today on Dhe, if this was it, I think that will be time for you to start negotiations between the two countries and in addition to the various other issues that they discuss, I think, and many Iraqis believe that discussing Iraq on each side's involvement with Iraq should be put down on paper and not be done in enclosed rooms or through third parties like proxies of this side or people who are closer to America.

People are closer to Iran or through intermediaries like Iraqis.

I think the two countries today should decide on their own each one's standing on Iraq.

It could be a topic for negotiations between the two countries should they start negotiations again.

And Ian Bremmer We heard President Trump something of a roller coaster of a speech today.

You know, tough rhetoric.

We won, you lost.

You'd expect a bit of that, but at the same time some pulling back, offering something of an olive branch to Iran, saying to the people, We want you to prosper and thrive.

So what is next for President Trump?

Do you think here Hey, wants negotiations?

This is a president not inclined to wag the dog.

Try to start a war in order to win re election.

Is the president climbed to pet a dog, in other words, trying to come up with deals that shows that he's the best deal maker in the world.

Even if the deal isn't all that much.

And he's tried through the French president through the Japanese prime minister through Swiss president, the country's the Kuwaitis, he's tried to engage directly with the Iranian president thus far.

The Iranian president had none of it, He said.