Ben Cardin actually said...

"It shows Iran is more willing to take risks. It shows it is willing to be more confrontational, and this is a shift that to me is quite dangerous."

"One of the options, of course, is that there is a coup from within and that there is no predictability as to what type of government comes next."

"The fact that they have shipped arms to terrorist organizations from Hezbollah to Hamas and other terrorist groups."

"Iran is a very dangerous country. It is an oppressive regime to its own people, which is of great interest."