I think when we eliminated their ability to continue to produce nuclear weapons that they said that they would use against the United States and her allies, I think the fact that We were able to do a very clandestine strike that set them [Iran] back decades. really is a quintessential definition of peace through strength. I also tell you this, a lot of Democrats were clamoring about how we were going to get ourselves in World War III after that strike. (12:12–12:17)
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