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Ted Cruz: “It took Iran 40 years to build up its military. It took us…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 24:26

Taking out the ballistic missiles, the drones, the air force, the air defenses, the Navy, the Ayatollah and the military leaders. That is almost entirely achieved. The success of that has been astonishing. It took Iran 40 years to build up its military. It took us 39 days to utterly and completely destroy it. That is a massive victory, and that is essentially already been achieved. The second major objective is the nuclear objective. No enrichment. Handing over the enriched uranium. (24:26–24:34)

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Asserts that the U.S. destroyed Iran's military in 39 days.

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