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Richard Blumenthal: “We've destroyed a lot of their missiles and drones and…”

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"Impulse, Whim, Illusion" Blumenthal Slams Trump Administration's War in Iran

Published | Video Starts at 06:27

And it already was open before he went to war. So what have we accomplished? Well, we've accomplished nothing so far except weakening Iran in conventional military strength. We've destroyed a lot of their missiles and drones and probably their production capacity, but by no means eliminated or obliterated it. But what we have failed to do is accomplish any of those shifting, contradictory objectives, whether it's regime change or securing the enriched uranium or even stopping Iran's proxies like Hezbollah and the Houthis, which still have capacity. (06:27–06:37)

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Asserts destruction of Iranian missiles, drones, and production capacity, but not complete elimination.

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