Brian Schatz: “The President of the United States, our commander in chief…”

“I'm just wondering why we're moving Thaad assets from South Korea after the war started. I'm just wondering why there was a scramble to evacuate personnel. And I'm wondering why The President of the United States, our commander in chief, said that he was shocked that Iran would retaliate by striking other countries in the region. This was not just foreseeable, it was foreseen. It was, you know, this is. You don't need to get into a skiff to understand that their likely play was to asymmetrically retaliate and then to close the strait.” (02:48–03:01)

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