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Marco Rubio: “They would at that point decide that they own the Straits of…”

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Cornyn Discusses Preventing Iran From Getting a Nuclear Weapon with Sec. Rubio

Published | Video Starts at 03:35

At that point, your options on what you could do about them would be quite limited and their ability to hold the world hostage, they'd be like North Korea, for example. They'd be North Korea, but worse, they'd be better funded. They would at that point decide that they own the Straits of Hormuz forever and everyone has to pay them a toll. And nuclear weapons, you can't do anything about it. They would be able to act with impunity. They would sponsor Hezbollah. (03:35–03:41)

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Asserts that Iran would control the Straits of Hormuz if they had nuclear weapons.

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