That's what we should have done. We should have exhausted all options. We could have spent another month at this. There was no clear present, immediate danger to us and our troops and even to Israel with regards to the nuclear capability. And the Israelis were doing an incredible job conventionally going after targets, going after, you know, the missile defense system, the medium range ballistic missiles that they have. (04:08–04:20)
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Asserts that there was no immediate nuclear threat to the U.S., its troops, or Israel.
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