What leverage, sir, do you have when it comes to Israel and Hezbollah to ensure that they abide by the ceasefire? The blockade was more impactful than all of the bombing raids where we dropped a billion dollars worth of bombs on Iran. The blockade was so incredible. The naval blockade, the Admiral, the whole thing, not one ship got through. That meant no money got through. They were dying. They had no money. (48:32–48:42)
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Asserts that a naval blockade was more impactful than bombing raids on Iran.
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