Why is Iran different? Iran is different because the Iranians are murdering Americans. They are waging war with us, whether the Democrats want to acknowledge it or not. And so Removing from power Islamists who are actively trying to kill Americans makes us safer. Now, Iraq was compounded because the mission became nation building, because the mission became put hundreds of thousands of boots on the ground for years at a time. (18:31–18:40)
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