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Senator Murphy on Iran: It Won't Be Trump's Kids That Die For This War

Published | Video Starts at 07:53

It would have expired by now. Right. But I think Iran would have certainly been willing to extend those provisions if we were still in the agreement. But second, There is no history, there is no experience that shows an air campaign alone will result in positive regime change. In fact, there's not a single example of it in the entirety of American history. An air campaign without at least the threat of a ground invasion which the administration is ruling out never results in a democratic rebirth in an authoritarian country. (07:53–08:04)

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Asserts that air campaigns alone have never resulted in positive regime change in American history.

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