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DEJA VU?! Trump's Illegal & Reckless War of Choice with Iran is IRAQ 2.0

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

We're getting involved in a quagmire here, an endless war, you know, a war based on arrogance and bad intelligence. And the bottom line is this war in Iran is not only risky, it's illegal and it's costly. Tens of billions of dollars going into this war in which there is no way for us to succeed. or accomplish any of the goals that Donald Trump said he wanted to accomplish. But I'm really particularly frustrated because the House of Representatives and Congress in general has ceded its power and its authority to the executive branch. (01:19–01:26)

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Asserts that tens of billions of dollars are being spent on a war in Iran with no chance of success.

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