Tim Kaine: “Regime change should not be a reason for war unless it's…”

“… of another nation is not a sufficient reason for the United States to threaten and carry out military action that's devastating to the population. And so, Mr. President, given that Regime change should not be a reason for war unless it's debated upon and embraced by Congress. And if we were going to say the regime change of a bad regime is a reason for the United States to go to war, we would have an awful lot of countries in the world where we would be debating about going to war.” (07:16–07:24)

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