Leon Panetta: “I think it's very difficult to try to understand what is the overall strategy of this administration in the Middle East.…”

It is inexcusable not to do the proper planning that has to be done in order to make sure that their deployment is not overextended, that they’re getting the supplies they need, that they’re getting the support they need.

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

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.

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