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Peter Welch: “There appears to have been very little if any planning on…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch on Trump's Reckless War in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

It's confronting us with the limits of what can be accomplished with military power. Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz. And to the shock of most Americans, There appears to have been very little if any planning on the part of the folks who pushed us into war about what would happen when the strait was closed. The Iranians really don't need massive military power to keep the strait closed. A drone strike, a mine that hits, a vessel that is going through whether escorted or not, means that Iran has a vote. (02:20–02:32)

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Asserts that there was little planning for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

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