Retired general tells CNN he's 'impressed' by Trump striking Iran, says American lives potentially saved

Retired U S Army Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt informed CNN's Anderson Cooper on Saturday that he was impressed by the U S strikes against Iran's nuclear sites praising President Donald Trump's use of deception and trickery I m fascinated and candidly I m impressed he explained I never really could understand what the two-week pause meant or what it was for what was left to negotiate what were we going to expect the Iranians to offer In a great number of avenues it was much like a Trump deal I mean he s trying to make a deal to buy an apartment but all of a sudden the apartment was destroyed so where s the negotiation So I think the use of deception and trickery in this situation first of all was thriving But second of all saved the possible loss of American lives Trump communicated Saturday that the U S had struck three Iranian nuclear sites The president mentioned the Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities were totally obliterated during a brief address from the White House Cooper also required Kimmitt about the effects and what U S forces should be worried about in the region MISDIRECTION AND 'DECEPTION' LIKELY KEY IN TRUMP ADMIN S SURPRISE IRAN STRIKE They should be very concerned Kimmitt reported Look the Iranians are down but they re not out The fact remains is the proxy networks while diminished are still lethal You take a look at the important number of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq alone they can put up quite a fight and put a notable amount of American interests American troops American infrastructure at pitfall Kimmitt served as the assistant Secretary of State for political-military affairs under former President George W Bush Trump addressed the nation following the U S military's strikes on the trio of Iranian nuclear facilities NOT CONSTITUTIONAL CONGRESS INVOKES NEW WAR POWERS RESOLUTION TO REJECT TRUMP'S STRIKES ON IRAN A short time ago the U S military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime Fordow Natanz and Isfahan he revealed Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment ceiling and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror Tonight I can document to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success He revealed Iran was now backed into a corner and must now make peace CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe president also threatened far greater attacks against Iran if the country didn't come to the table Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this summary