Sen. Ted Cruz

that it would be extremely expensive in terms of loss of lives to engage in military conflict with Iran.

And they would do that essentially as a shield to then be able to develop nuclear weapons.

That they were developing these short and medium term missiles to be able to inflict massive pain and loss of life on all of their neighbors.

And so the administration said, we don't wanna be sitting here a year from now where their stockpile and their drones are so massive

that to go in and try to take out their nuclear facilities risks a massive loss of life.

I think that is a reasonable justification as well.

But all of this is keyed on, are you protecting America?

Are you keeping Americans safe?

Tel Aviv, maybe.

Although, look, there's more than one way to hit a target.

Do they have an ICBM that could cross the ocean?

No.

Although they had an ICBM program, they were trying to develop an ICBM.

And I would point out to people all the time, the I in ICBM stands for intercontinental.

You do not need an ICBM to hit Israel.

They wanted an ICBM for one purpose, which was to carry a nuclear warhead to the United States.

So they were trying to develop it.

But I will point out beyond that, look, if you have a nuclear weapon, there's more than one way to deliver a warhead.

And if they could find a way to get it on a ship or another cargo carrier to put it in a container and put it in Manhattan, you don't have to have to deliver the warhead using a missile.

And so I don't want.