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Brian Schatz: “13 American service members are dead. Thousands of Iranians…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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This war is reckless and illegal, and it didn't get us anything.

Published | Video Starts at 00:13

For every American who is wondering what on earth the war in Iran over the past three and a half months was for, the answer is relatively simple, next to nothing. 13American 13 American service members are dead. Thousands of Iranians have been killed. We spent tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer money. Gas shot up to $5.70 in Hawaii. Grocery bills and energy bills spiked everywhere. We depleted our stockpiles of critical weapons systems. (00:13–00:19)

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Asserts that 13 American service members and thousands of Iranians died in the war.

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