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Matt Gaetz: “I don't think we could look at Afghanistan and Iraq and say…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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Matt Gaetz Show: Analyzing the Israel-Iran Conflict and U.S. Foreign Policy with Jay Furman

Published | Video Starts at 16:47

I guess I just don't know if there'd be more chaos after because I think you correctly recounted history to us that after these regimes fall, you get a lot of terrorism and chaos. I don't think we could look at Afghanistan and Iraq and say we got less terrorism after our regime changed wars. But I do want to ask you about some other things going on in Congress. They're currently debating the one big beautiful bill. (16:47–16:54)

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Asserts that terrorism did not decrease in Afghanistan and Iraq after regime change wars.

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