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Ted Cruz: “The military objectives that were set at the outset that the…”

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

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Gerard Baker in Conversation with Texas Senator Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 02:21

Just came back. There was a divine intervention there. Maybe it was, yeah, I pissed off the Pope. Exactly. Or maybe just the NSA cut me off. I don't know. Look, The military objectives that were set at the outset that the president said, and the administration said they wanted to take out Iran's air defenses. We have. They wanted to take out their ballistic missiles and their ballistic missile manufacturing capability. We have. They wanted to take out their drones and their drone manufacturing. We have. They wanted to take out their air force and their navy. We have. We've sunk over 140 ships in their navy. It is already the largest naval defeat since World War II. And, of course, the Ayatollah and almost all of the senior military leadership have been taken out as well. So as a military operation, each of those objectives have been achieved at, frankly, a staggering level. (02:21–02:53)

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