Marco Rubio
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Iran was trying to build a conventional shield, in essence, have so many missiles, have so many drones that no one could attack them.
And they were well on their way.
We were on the verge of an Iran that had so many missiles and so many drones that no one could do anything about their nuclear weapons program in the future.
That was an intolerable risk.
Unfortunately, we are going to have to reexamine whether or not this alliance that has served this country well for a while is still serving that purpose, or is it now become a one-way street where America is simply in a position to defend Europe, but when we need the help of our allies, they're going to deny us basing rights and they're going to deny us overflight.
So it is clear that they've been offered every opportunity to have a nuclear program that allows them to have energy, not weapons, and every single time they have turned it down.
But why the attack now?
Well, what was Iran trying to do?
Iran was trying to build a conventional shield, in essence, have so many missiles, have so many drones,
that no one could attack them, and they were well on their way.
We were on the verge of an Iran that had so many missiles and so many drones that no one could do anything about their nuclear weapons program in the future.
That was an intolerable risk.
Under no circumstances can a country run by radical Shia clerics with an apocalyptic vision of the future
ever possess nuclear weapons.
And under no circumstances can they be allowed to hide and protect that program and their ambitions behind a shield of missiles and drones that no one can do anything about.
This was our last best chance to eliminate that conventional threat, that conventional shield that they were trying to build.
And the president made the right decision to wipe it out now.
That is the goal of this operation.
to destroy their conventional missiles and their drone program so they can't hide behind it and finally have to deal with the world seriously about never, ever having nuclear weapons.
It's awesome!