And that weakness, just like Jimmy Carter had encouraged the radicals in Iran to foment a revolution, to take over the embassy, to take Americans hostage for 444 days. The same was true under Joe Biden. The war in Ukraine was caused because Putin was emboldened. October 7th was caused because Iran and Hamas and Hezbollah were emboldened. If you want to avoid war, I believe, as Ronald Reagan put it, in peace through strength. (25:25–25:30)
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Asserts that Putin's perceived emboldenment led to the war in Ukraine.
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