And the Houthis again, another Iranian ally, have started to attack ships there. There are 17Americans who have died. There are hundreds others who have been wounded. Almost 2,000 Iranian civilians have died, including 250 children. The US has depleted our munitions and interceptor stores to dangerous levels. Over decades, we carefully, methodically built up a stockpile of long range stealth missiles, mostly in preparation for a possible future conflict with China. (03:13–03:20)
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Asserts that nearly 2,000 Iranian civilians, including 250 children, have died.
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