Speaking at a Democratic rally in Georgia for Jon Ossoff, former President Barack Obama says the war's original rationale was to make Iran give up nuclear weapons and its nuclear program. He says Iran didn't have nuclear weapons, and that his deal had curbed the program and kept Iran from getting nukes without firing a shot.
The receipt
- Who
- Barack Obama
- Where
- rally, Democratic early-vote campaign event for John and Keisha
- Original footage
- The Financial Express · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 32 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 20 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Think about this Iran war the original rationale was we were going to go in there To get them to give up their nuclear weapons and their nuclear program Except Iran didn't have nuclear weapons We had curbed Their nuclear program I put in place a deal that everybody acknowledged kept them from Brett getting nukes I didn't have to fire any missiles. I engaged in diplomacy.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.