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Michael Baumgartner: “There were somewhere between 20 to 30,000 Iranians that were…”

Featuring: Michael Baumgartner, Republican | U.S. House Washington, 5th Congressional District

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Congressman Michael Baumgartner on Operation Epic Fury and US Strategy

Published | Video Starts at 09:11

And so, you know, in what I know, I know is that they were a threat, you know, a significant threat, and they're a threat that was weaker than they've ever been. And that There were somewhere between 20 to 30,000 Iranians that were willing to step forward and be killed by that regime. and also that the regime was willing to kill them. I mean, that says something very significant on both sides of what's going on inside, you know, on the, what … (09:11–09:24)

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Asserts that 20,000 to 30,000 Iranians were willing to die opposing the regime.

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