I don't think it is fair to expect the Iranian people to stand up protesters, to stand up with rocks against soldiers, with machine guns. Are we arming the protesters and should we be? Yeah. I'm not aware of any program to arm civilians in Iran to overthrow their government. I mean, there may be other countries doing it or other elements, but certainly not the US Government. All right, let's go back to Hezbollah. (04:21–04:26)
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Asserts that the U.S. government is not arming Iranian civilians to overthrow their government.
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