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Why I Told President Trump to Attack Iran - Sen. Ted Cruz

Published | Video Starts at 35:52

And the worry for some people is actually this conflict has created an incentive structure that will only accelerate the attempts to get nukes. So I don't think that's right. And I will say, look, There's a reason the Ayatollah referred to Israel as a little Satan and America as the Great Satan. As I said, when he would lead mobs chanting death to America, I believed him. I don't think it was empty rhetoric. (35:52–35:59)

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