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Ted Cruz: “The biggest thing to take out for Iran is their oil…”

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Published | Video Starts at 17:57

And so one of their talking points, when President Trump said he was going to take out power plants and bridges. And why did he say power plants and bridges, by the way? Look, The biggest thing to take out for Iran is their oil production facility, Carg island, which is the key to. It's where they export virtually all their oil from. Yep. Carg Island. If we really wanted to cripple Iran and put them into the Stone Age, we'd take out their, their oil facilities, we'd bomb the hell out of Carg island, and Iran's economy would just be screwed for a decade or more. (17:57–18:06)

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