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Ted Cruz: “Iran was vigorously rapidly building ballistic missiles and…”

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

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End Of Iran's Civilization PAUSED—Why, What It Means & What's Next

Published | Video Starts at 22:00

So the reason this military attack was launched was not to stop an imminent, imminent realization of nuclear weapons tomorrow type of thing. Yeah. The reason it Iran was vigorously rapidly building ballistic missiles and drones. and they were doing that because they wanted such a large arsenal that if Israel or the United States attacked Iran, they would be able to inflict massive damage on their neighbors and kill a lot of people. (22:00–22:18)

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Asserts that Iran was actively developing ballistic missiles and drones.

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