If we didn't do that, Iran would have had a nuclear weapon at a high level either one of those two instances. And if they did, in my opinion, I told this to Bibi Netanyahu yesterday. Israel would have been extinguished. Large portions of the Middle east would have been extinguished, whether it's Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE or others and you saw that with thousands of missiles raining down upon them, they didn't think they were going to be hit. (59:37–59:40)
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Asserts that Israel faced existential threats without U.S. intervention.
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