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Ted Cruz: “There was considerable agreement that steps one and two were…”

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 20:54

And I got to say, just reading the account, I don't know that it's exactly accurate, but it reads. It read in a way that was very plausible. There was considerable agreement that steps one and two were very accomplishable, very achievable, and likely achievable in fairly short order. And there was considerable debate about whether steps three and four, a popular uprising and replacing the regime with another regime, whether those were achievable. (20:54–21:02)

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Asserts that there was agreement that the first two military steps against Iran were achievable.

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