On the recordJuly 12, 2007
Iran has long-range missiles that can make nowhere safe for America. He also said, Iran is able to fire tens of thousands of missiles per day at American targets on a daily basis and, with its long-range missiles, can threaten Israel which is acting as America's proxy. So it is clear to us, Mr. Speaker, that Iran seeks not just to wipe Israel off the map, as Ahmadinejad has said time and again, but to destroy the United States. So is the plan to immediately leave Iraq so that Iran can begin its takeover of the region? Is this in the national security interests of the United States? Is that going to make us safer? I think that we should carefully consider what will happen were we to withdraw immediately as, it has been called for.
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