Degraded VS Obliterated Which One Is the Truth? #BreakingNews #Debate #Politics

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[00:00:01]You keep using the term significantly degraded.

[00:00:06]Last summer, we were told that Iran's nuclear weapons program was obliterated.

[00:00:12]Can you clarify the distinction between obliterated and significantly degraded?

[00:00:19]>> Congressman, again, I I think appropriate uh to talk about anything regarding the Iranian nuclear program.

[00:00:24]>> No, no, no. I'm not asking you to talk about the Iran nuclear program. I'm asking you to talk about English language. What's the difference between obliterated and significantly degraded?

[00:00:31]Are they the same?

[00:00:35]>> Congressman, anything regarding the nuclear program?

[00:00:37]>> I'm not asking you to talk about the nuclear program, Admiral. I'm asking you to answer a question that applies to a lot a lot of things beyond the nuclear program. You've also said that their ballistic missile program was significantly degraded. What does that mean? The specific numbers are best uh as you know from your own >> President Trump's own national security strategy which he signed in December five months ago used the exact same phrase significantly degraded. So if this was true back then 5 months ago then why did we start this war? Was he lying to us then?

[00:01:11]>> Congressman from a military perspective in regarding >> Are you familiar with General Are you familiar with General West Morland? I'm I'm very familiar Congressman. He's well known for talking about body counts.

[00:01:23]Now, when I think about you in this war, I always think about how you always got up there and would say everything's going according to plan. So, so let me just ask, Admiral, where was closing the straight in the plan?

[00:01:37]>> I'm happy to discuss the specific operational aspects. Uh, >> but did you just not anticipate that? Do you not think that Iran could do that or was that part of the plan here?

[00:01:46]Congressman, uh, as >> for 250 years, the Navy has kept sealanes open and free. Under every previous president, the street of Hormuz has been open. So why is it closed under your watch?

[00:01:58]>> Congressman, I've traveled through the the street of Hormuz probably a hundred times. I'm intimately familiar with it as a combatant command.

[00:02:04]>> Why is it closed? If you're so familiar with it, did you not anticipate that Iran >> answer the question if I may with respect with with kind with all due respect >> my responsibility as a combatant commander is to lay out all the options uh present those to the secretary and the president they make policy level decisions. So you present >> the operational the operational aspect.

[00:02:23]>> So admiral, you presented the you presented the reality that Iran might close a straight to the president and the secretary of defense.

[00:02:31]>> Anything that I discuss uh with respect to uh >> Okay. Well, let's go back to the plan.

[00:02:35]Where was begging China for help opening the straight part of the plan?

[00:02:43]So from a military perspective, there are multiple reports now public that Iran has already reconstituted many of its bombed out missile sites. Was that part of the plan too?

[00:02:52]>> Those reports are inaccurate.

[00:02:55]Okay, Admiral Cooper.