Ted Cruz actually said...

A regime headed by a theocratic ayatollah who chants 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel' is on the verge of being massively funded by P...

The Iranian regime has flooded the region with terrorism and violence, has seized control of entire countries, such as Lebanon.

I think would be extraordinarily foolhardy.

The State Department went so far as to pressure the Ukrainians to cede territory to Russia--the literal definition of European appeasement.