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Ted Cruz: “I also oppose the Iraq war. I think the Iraq war was a…”

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 12:38

Yeah, for the United States. I think time will tell. The new leadership there. You're right to be concerned. Let me step back and let's talk regime change generally. I mentioned Syria. I also oppose the Iraq war. I think the Iraq war was a serious mistake. and we have a pattern. And going back to this binary of the interventionist and the isolationists, the interventionists advocate over and over again, there's a bad guy, there's a dictator who's doing bad things to his people, and they say, let's go topple them. (12:38–12:42)

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