Ted Cruz: “Israel took out all of their air defenses, took out much of…”

“The Ayatollah lost a war. And there are real consequences in the real world when you lose a war. Now, first they lost the 12 day war to Israel. And Israel took out all of their air defenses, took out much of their senior leadership, took out much of the irgc, took out the head of the irgc. Literally, day after day after day, they kept appointing someone new and he was killed the next day.” (21:06–21:14)

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