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Ted Cruz: “I think the objective should be to collapse this regime, to…”

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And my objective has always been the President laid out his objective, which is to eliminate the Iranian military's ability to strike out, kill Americans or kill our allies. That's a very important objective. I think the objective should be to collapse this regime, to have Iran led by a government that is not a crazy Islamist who wants to murder Americans. I don't care who it is, as long as they're not actively murdering Americans. If they're not murdering Americans, if they're not trying to murder Americans, I'm good with it. (14:18–14:28)

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