Their ability to continue to fund regional proxy groups that are going to continue to to rocket and murder Israelis and American troops and American citizens in the region has to be gone. And of course, Their ability to project power in the Straits of Hormuz...we have to make sure they can't physically continue to attack vessels. vessels in the streets. So Operation Freedom, which was opening up the Oman side of the Strait, was in place for a couple of days, started making some progress. (01:29–01:38)
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Asserts that Iran must be prevented from attacking vessels in the Straits of Hormuz.
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