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Ted Cruz: “Avoiding endless wars does not mean embracing isolationism.”

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

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Iran: Why We're Fighting, How's it Going & What's the End Game

Published | Video Starts at 34:23

That's why I'm so thankful that he's there in this position, because he lived the other side of it that he was just describing. Right. Look, Avoiding endless wars does not mean embracing isolationism. Yeah. Peace through strength is what Reagan called it. Donald Trump just understands it as being a strong commander in chief, that when people are killing Americans, he is going to respond vigorously to take them out. (34:23–34:29)

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Claims that avoiding prolonged military conflicts does not equate to isolationist policies.

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