Senator Ted Cruz

I spent the entire day yesterday with Pete Hegseth.

We flew on Pete's plane back from Brownsville from SpaceX to D.C.

late last night.

I spent much of that plane ride talking with Pete about Iran and what we should be doing.

And in my view, number one, we should be doing everything we can to encourage the revolution from the American people.

That includes cyber efforts.

I think if suddenly the Iranian regime, if their surveillance, if their radar, if their tools of oppression cease to operate, that is a very good thing.

Covert action, I think that is a very good thing.

In terms of a kinetic strike, an actual military strike, it might make sense to do so, but it would depend on the specific target, and it would have to be limited.

Right now, this is a revolution from the Iranian people.

We want it to be a revolution from the Iranian people.

And so if there were a particular kinetic strike, if, for example, the regime were murdering protesters in one specific location –

And we could stop them from doing that.

We could engage in a limited matter to stop the mass murder of protesters.

I think that could well make sense.

But we do need to think about the day after, that if the revolution succeeds, and I pray that it does, then the question is, okay, who governs Iran going forward?

And that's not an easy question.

There could be a civil war.

There could be lots of unrest.

Lots of bad outcomes can happen.