Rubio says economic campaign against Iran makes combat unnecessary

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• Rubio says no need for major combat operations against Iran (Al Jazeera)
• Rubio says no need for major combat operations on Iran given US economic campaign (Reuters)
• Marco Rubio: Talk about all the instabilities in the Middle East: Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria. Behind all of them is the Iranian regime. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio: Why would we talk to Iran about Lebanon? That's none of their business. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: When Obama gave Iran sanctions relief, they didn't use that money to build hospitals and universities. They used that money to build weapons. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: I’m telling you that the Iranian demands are totally unrealistic. We expect that could change, and if it does, we’ll be prepared for diplomacy. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Q: Why is a stalemate in the Iran war beneficial to the U.S.? Rubio: It’s not a stalemate. You call it a stalemate. I know it’s not a stalemate. How is it a stalemate? (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: Iran is demanding reparations. They should be the ones paying reparations because they're the ones who destabilized the region. They’re demanding pallets of cash, which, as the… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: It’s not going to be a bad deal. Otherwise, they’ll just continue to impoverish themselves. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: This radical regime of lunatics is imposing this on their own people. They're destroying their own country. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: The economic pain that is being inflicted on Iran right now, and on that regime, is extraordinary, and it compounds. It’s growing every day, like these sanctions. They get worse… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: The economic pressure is going to get even worse. So, for example, Iran still has a small number, just a handful, of barrels of oil left on the water. Once that dries up, almost… (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: The Iranian people deserve better than to be a third-world country, which is where their leadership is taking them. It's sad. (clashreport on Telegram)
• Marco Rubio on Iran: The economic campaign against Iran is working so well that Trump doesn't have any need to conduct major combat operations. (clashreport on Telegram)