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Michael Baumgartner: “You look at those 30,000 that were willing to rise up and…”

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 37:24

You know, we estimate, or I estimate, based on talking to folks, that, you know, how many hard cores are there in Iran? You know, is it, you know, somewhere between 7% to 20% somewhere in there? Well, You look at those 30,000 that were willing to rise up and fight and be killed by a regime that was willing to kill them. And what does that speak to the future about what that country, you know, potentially could be? And I don't want to think anybody in America should be naive about, you know, this and this happens and, you know, it's. (37:24–37:31)

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