'What's "Impetuous" Mean?': John Kennedy Mocks Fellow Committee Member's Criticism Of Iran Attacks

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At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing last week, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) questioned Gen. Eric Smith about the threat of Iran to the United States.

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00:00Senator Kennery, and then Senator Murray, and then Senator Moran.

00:13General, is the theocracy in Iran an enemy of the American people

00:25and all people who refuse to adopt the theocracy's radical version of Islam?

00:36Senator, I'm not a scholar in that regard,

00:39but I would say that Iran presents a clear and present danger to all those who do not bend their world.

00:44Well, do you think they're our friend?

00:45They are not our friend.

00:48And how long have they not been our friend and the world's friend?

00:52For many decades, sir.

00:56How many innocent people has the theocracy in Iran killed

01:02because they refused to adopt the theocracy's radical version of Islam?

01:08I don't have a number, but it's in the thousands.

01:11Tens of thousands, right?

01:13I would think so, yes, sir.

01:14Hundreds of thousands, right?

01:16Again, I don't have the exact number, but I would not be surprised if it were.

01:19If the theocracy in Iran developed a nuclear weapon, would they be more or less dangerous?

01:34No, they would be far more dangerous, Senator.

01:36There's a saying, if your neighbor says he's going to kill you, you should believe him.

01:40Can we agree that the president's decision to destroy the Iranian theocracy's nuclear weapon capabilities

01:53made the world safer?

01:55I would say it did.

02:00What's impetuous mean?

02:04Well, sir, impetuous means, again, I'm a poli-sci major from the Texas State School.

02:13Impetuous means flipping.

02:16Without thought, without care.

02:18You're not a politician, are you?

02:25No, sir, I am not.

02:26Okay.

02:27One of my friends on the committee said that America's decision to destroy the Iranian theocracy's

02:36ability to make a nuclear bomb was impetuous.

02:41Do you think that's an accurate description in light of the autocracy's years of hatred and

02:51bloodshed?

02:52Well, Senator, I would say it is a good thing that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.

02:56Yeah, I would do.

02:57I don't understand why we can't agree on that.

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