The hypothetical war speech justifies invasion through five arguments: democracy and civil war, an imminent nuclear threat, shipping-lane protection, defense of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and alleged IRGC terrorism.
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The hypothetical war speech justifies invasion through five arguments: democracy and civil war, an imminent nuclear threat, shipping-lane protection, defense of Saudi Arabia and Israel, and alleged IRGC terrorism.
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"Okay, any questions so far? Are we clear about where we are so far before I move on? Any questions? Okay, so now let's..."
"You have religious protests. You have political protests. You have ethnic protests. The Iranian people are sick of the Ayatollah. They are sick of..."
"Okay? So to prevent this, we must strike first to stop Iran's nuclear program. Okay? Third, Iranian proxies, the Houthis, Hezbollah, many groups, have..."
"Okay? And the last reason is we know for a fact that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is a sponsor of terrorism. Last week,..."
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