Marco Rubio: “From the very beginning, like from day one of the operation…”

“What changed between now and the beginning of the war when the president made it sound like that was not going to be the case, that regime change was one of the goals of the war? He never said regime change was a goal. From the very beginning, like from day one of the operation, it was very clear that we were going to degrade their missile launchers, their drones, and their factories and their navy. Their navy no longer exists. There is no such thing as an Iranian navy. What they have left is a handful of Boston Whalers, but they don't really have a lot of.” (30:53–31:01)

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