Sen. Ted Cruz

Well, look, I I think they haven't articulated it because they are wary of using the words regime change.

So so that's why they have said regime change.

What they have.

Look, if you listen to Pete Hegseth, if you listen to Marco Rubio, they're not embracing regime change.

They're saying we want to degrade the drones and the missiles.

They're talking about the specific and discrete military objectives, which are meaningful.

What I'm saying unapologetically is I want a government that is not an Islamist government that is trying to kill us.

I wanted to, Senator, but how is that going to happen?

Look, at some point, this regime stays in power through brute force.

They stay in power through military might.

As you remove their ability to repress the people, at some point, it's up to the people of Iran to govern themselves.

But...

Taking out the people who are the Islamist dictators removes them from the equation.

And then, look, I am largely agnostic as to who the people of Iran choose.

There are different people that are competing.

And as far as I'm concerned, as long as it's not someone trying to kill us, my focus is protect Americans.

And so if they want, look, there are different discussions.

If they have a

democratically elected leader.

There's discussions about the Shah's son as an interim leader.