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Jake Auchincloss: “They [Iran] demonstrated dominance over us because we went…”

Featuring: Jake Auchincloss, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, District 4

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Ceasefire: Auchincloss & Crenshaw on Iran War

Published | Video Starts at 00:09

Probably two thirds of their missile sites are still accessible by the Iranians. Second of all, operationally, as Dan knows, there's tactics, there's operations, there's strategy. Operationally, we're better than Iran presumed and confirmed strategically, They [Iran] demonstrated dominance over us because we went and we established our air dominance and executed against it. And they said, all right, well, you put. You played the card of air dominance. Will play the card of, see denial in the Strait of Hormuz. And that was a trump card that worked. They have dominance. Yeah, but for the reason I stated earlier. And our response to that is the blockade, which has proven effective, which I think will bring them to the table and stop this. (00:09–02:36)

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Asserts that Iran demonstrated strategic dominance over the U.S. by controlling the Strait of Hormuz.

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