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Derrick Van Orden: “These are dual use pieces of infrastructure. Does the IRGC…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Power plants are dual-use infrastructure, legitimate targets: Van Orden | Ed Henry The Big Take

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

And there's also some folks that are saying that these targets are not legitimate targets that they are will be committing war crimes by destroying power plants. That's not true. These are dual use pieces of infrastructure. Does the IRGC walk around with little portable generators? No. Do they have their own bridges? No. Do they have their own roads? No, they don't. So all of these targets that will be struck if the Iranians don't come to the table are legitimate military targets because they're dual use infrastructure. All right, so if you can believe this, the Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna is now calling on President Trump to adopt Obama style diplomacy. Watch. The sound bite, guys. (02:32–02:51)

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Asserts that Iranian infrastructure targets are legitimate military targets due to their dual-use nature.

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