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Ted Cruz: “Assad fell on his own in part because he was heavily…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz Discuss US Foreign Policy, Iran, and Israel

Published | Video Starts at 1:24:07

But now they're running Syria, and you don't think that we should take military action against the government of Syria because why? They're isis. What I said is, I don't know how good or bad it'll be. Look, I wasn't pushing Assad fell on his own in part because he was heavily supported by Hezbollah. And when Israel took out the Hezbollah leadership, he lost his basis for the. But the current ISIS leadership you don't think is bad. You can't say it's terrible that ISIS runs a country. (1:24:07–1:24:12)

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Asserts that Assad's fall was partly due to losing Hezbollah's support.

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