If Iran was not a threat to the region, if the Iranian regime, because I'm talking about the Iranian people, the regime was not a threat to the region or we wouldn't have to have any of these bases. Those bases are there because those countries are petrified that the Iranian Shia clerics that run that country will attack their countries. Will the United States, as you know, they've got a very difficult history. Well, that's why we're there. That's why we're there. So yes, we will defend them is. (07:07–07:16)
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Asserts that U.S. bases are in certain countries due to fear of attacks by Iranian Shia clerics.
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