Look, the president did not say there will be no American boots on the ground, but I certainly hope that is his position. It is obviously desirable for there to be a change in the government in Iran. The mullahs, the ayatollahs, since they took over in 79, have brutally repressed their own people. And the blood of many Americans are on the hands of the Iranian regime, from their attacks against the Marine barracks in Lebanon to Khobar towers to the IEDs that they helped our opponents in Iraq use to deadly effect against Americans. (04:12–04:18)
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Asserts that the Iranian regime has been repressive since 1979.
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