Leon Panetta: “The fundamental issue is, are you going to protect our forces? Are you going to protect our men and women in uniform?”

Well, it should not have happened. I don’t care what excuses you want to use, it should not have happened.

And ... we’re going to have to respond. And right now, because our missile systems and our supply of weapons being down, this is a vulnerable period for the United States.

I think America will be back fighting Iran again in a few years, no matter what happens now.

I think we have to take this intelligence assessment as a real threat to NATO.