So Iran has been greatly reduced in power, prestige. I don't want to use the word humiliation because, you know, they're trying to build up again, but we can't let them build up because If they build up, there can't be peace in the Middle East. It was a mistake, you know, when they wiped out Iraq, Iraq and Iran were about the same power and they fought each other with different names for a thousand years. (21:16–21:20)
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Asserts that Iran's military buildup would prevent peace in the Middle East.
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