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Ted Cruz: “The Trump administration's objective was to take out the air…”

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

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End Of Iran's Civilization PAUSED—Why, What It Means & What's Next

Published | Video Starts at 22:56

And I think Iran, with a nuclear weapon, the odds are unacceptably high they would use it. That was the major reason that we launched this attack. And what The Trump administration's objective was to take out the air defenses, air force, navy, ballistic missiles, drones, and manufacturing capabilities. missiles, to take out the drones, to take out the launchers, to take out the drone manufacturing capability, to take out the missile manufacturing capability. We've done essentially all of that. (22:56–23:14)

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Asserts that the Trump administration aimed to dismantle Iran's military and manufacturing capabilities.

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