Jan. 8, 2020 - Dennis Prager Show
06:22
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| All of our soldiers are safe and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases. | |
| Our great American forces are prepared for anything. | |
| Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world. | |
| No American or Iraqi lives were lost. | |
| Because of the precautions taken, the dispersal of forces, and an early warning system that worked very well. | |
| I salute the incredible skill and courage of America's men and women in uniform for far too long, all the way back to 1979 to be exact. | |
| Nations have tolerated Iran's destructive and... | |
| Destabilizing behavior in the Middle East and beyond. | |
| Those days are over. | |
| Iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism and their pursuit of nuclear weapons threatens the civilized world. | |
| We will never let that happen. | |
| Last week, we took decisive action to stop a ruthless terrorist from threatening American lives. | |
| At my direction, the United States military eliminated the world's top terrorist, Qasem Soleimani. | |
| As the head of the Quds Force, Soleimani was personally responsible for some of the absolutely worst atrocities. | |
| He trained terrorist armies, including Hezbollah, launching terrorist strikes against civilian targets. | |
| He fueled bloody civil wars all across the region. | |
| He viciously wounded and murdered thousands of US troops, including the planting of roadside bombs that maim and dismember their victims. | |
| Soleimani directed the recent attacks on US personnel in Iraq that badly wounded four service members and killed one American. | |
| And he orchestrated the violent assault on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. | |
| In recent days, he was planning new attacks on American targets, but we stopped him. | |
| Soleimani's hands were drenched in both American and Iranian blood. | |
| He should have been terminated long ago. | |
| By removing Soleimani, we have sent a powerful message to terrorists. | |
| If you value your own life, you will not threaten the lives of our people. | |
| As we continue to evaluate options in response to Iranian aggression, the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime. | |
| These powerful sanctions will remain until Iran changes its behavior. | |
| In recent months alone, Iran has seen ships in international waters. | |
| Fired an unprovoked strike on Saudi Arabia and shot down two U.S. drones. | |
| Iran's hostilities substantially increased after the foolish Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013. And they were given $150 billion, not to mention $1.8 billion in cash. | |
| Instead of saying thank you to the United States, they chanted death to America. | |
| In fact, they chanted death to America the day the agreement was signed. | |
| Then Iran went on a terror spree funded by the money from the deal and created hell in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq. | |
| The missiles fired last night at us and our allies were paid for with the funds made available by the last administration. | |
| The regime also greatly tightened the reins on their own country, even recently killing 1,500 people at the many protests that are taking place all throughout Iran. | |
| The very defective JCPOA expires shortly anyway and gives Iran a clear and quick path to nuclear breakout. | |
| Iran must abandon its nuclear ambitions and end its support for terrorism. | |
| The time has come for the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia and China to recognize this reality. | |
| They must now break away from the remnants of the Iran deal, or JCPOA. And we must all work together toward making a deal with Iran. | |
| That makes the world a safer and more peaceful place. | |
| We must also make a deal that allows Iran to thrive and prosper and take advantage of its enormous untapped potential. | |
| Iran can be a great country. | |
| Peace and stability cannot prevail in the Middle East as long as Iran continues to foment violence, unrest, hatred, and war. | |
| The civilized world must send a clear and unified message to the Iranian regime. | |
| Your campaign of terror, murder, mayhem will not be tolerated any longer. | |
| It will not be allowed to go forward. | |
| Today, I am going to ask NATO to become much more involved. | |
| In the Middle East process, over the last three years, under my leadership, our economy is stronger than ever before, and America has achieved energy independence. | |
| Correct. |
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