Jim Himes

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274 appearances 15 recordings 6 series first heard Jun 2025 last heard 2 Jul

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Muhammad Qaddafi in Libya, uh we had a lot to do with that.

They uh we destroyed the Taliban in uh in Afghanistan in two thousand one, and of course Iraq, right?

Now Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

Did any of those go our way?

No, they did not.

Regime change in Iraq led to a brutal

Brutal war that killed 4,400 Americans.

It empowered Iran.

Libya is a hellscape right now, chaotic.

And Afghanistan is right back under the uh direction and lead of the uh of the Taliban.

Now, there are differences to be fair here, right?

You know, uh Iran is a nation of 90 million people.

Note that, Senator Cruz, um, that is actually, you know, commercially, it's not Afghanistan.

You've got educated people, you

know, these people can't stand their own regime.

So I'm not gonna say that it's impossible.

I'm just gonna say that the historical record is not a happy one.

You know, and as long as we're on the topic, um

You know, we haven't talked about it yet, but this is precisely the kind of action that Congress should have been consulted on.

Uh there's not a lot of um ambiguity in the War Powers Act.

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