James Lankford: “Almost five decades, Iran has been attacking Americans at…”

“So to be very clear on this, the worst thing that can happen is to be able to have this kind of conflict start and to not end it, to leave it undone. We've got to be able to finish this again. Almost five decades, Iran has been attacking Americans at every single chance that they have. At any moment, through their allies in the region, through all these terrorist proxies that they have in Iraq and all the way through Hezbollah, Hamas, the Houthis.” (05:27–05:34)

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