… that Iran was rapidly building up its short and medium term missile stockpile, building over 100 missiles a month, that they were building them up and building them up. And The administration was concerned that they would get such an overwhelming stockpile of missiles that it would be extremely expensive in terms of loss of lives to engage in military conflict with Iran. And they would do that essentially as a shield to then be able to develop nuclear weapons that they were develop, developing these, these short and medium term missiles to be able to inflict massive pain and loss of life on all of their neighbors. (33:07–33:22)
CLAIM
Asserts that the U.S. administration was concerned about Iran's missile stockpile making military conflict costly in terms of lives.
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