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Lindsey Graham: “There is risk associated with taking the regime down…”

Featuring: Lindsey Graham, Republican | U.S. Senate South Carolina

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FULL PRESS CONFERENCE: US Senator Says Iran Regime At Weakest Point Since 1979 | DRM News | AC1F

Published | Video Starts at 19:48

They could do damage to Israel. But every day that goes by in the war, they get less capable, we get more because we have such a dominant advantage. There is risk associated with taking the regime down militarily. But the risk compared to the risk of doing nothing is small. When you were in Munich, you were alongside Reza Pahlavi, the Conference of Iran. Do you think that he would be the right person to come in? (19:48–19:58)

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Asserts that the risk of military action against Iran is smaller than the risk of inaction.

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