President Trump warns of potential American casualties, tells Iranians to 'take over your government'
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A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran
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Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian
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regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger
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the United States, our troops, our bases overseas, and our allies throughout the world
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It has always been the policy of the United States
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in particular, my administration, that this terrorist regime can never have a nuclear weapon
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I'll say it again. They can never have a nuclear weapon. For these reasons, the United States military
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is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship
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from threatening America and our core national security interests We are going to destroy their missiles and raise their missile industry to the ground It will be totally again obliterated We going to annihilate their Navy
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We're going to ensure that the region's terrorist proxies can no longer destabilize the region or
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the world and attack our forces and no longer use their IEDs or roadside bombs, as they are
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sometimes called, to so gravely wound and kill thousands and thousands of people, including many
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Americans. And we will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. My administration has
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taken every possible step to minimize the risk to U.S. personnel in the region. Even so, and I do not
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make this statement lightly, the Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American
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heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties that often happens in war. But we're doing this
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not for now. We're doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission. Finally, to the great
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proud people of Iran, I say tonight that the hour of your freedom is at hand. Stay sheltered. Don't
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leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are
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finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take
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