00:00I do want to be recorded for history's purposes.
00:05In 2015, Marco Rubio issued a warning that many dismissed as exaggerated.
00:12Today, events suggest the reality may have been even more dangerous.
00:20And then at some point in the near future, when the time is right, they will build a nuclear weapon.
00:25In 2015, Rubio stood in the U.S. Senate and said,
00:30If sanctions on Iran were lifted, it would use the relief to build its military power and arm its proxies
00:38across the region.
00:40Eventually, it would reach a point where it could shield itself with strength and ultimately build a nuclear bomb.
00:48At the time, many called it alarmist.
00:51But Rubio and his critics as well missed an even more dangerous point.
00:58It is not certain that Iran's nuclear project is primarily directed at Israel.
01:04Israel is already a nuclear power.
01:08Any strike against it would likely trigger immediate mutual destruction.
01:14The Gulf, however, is the heart of the global economy.
01:17The straits, the oil routes and the world's trade corridors all run through it.
01:24A single devastating strike there could send the global economy into collapse.
01:30What Iran's missiles and drones are doing today in the region, particularly against the UAE,
01:37is a smaller scale version of that scenario.
01:40If Iran were to acquire a nuclear weapon, it is highly likely that Abu Dhabi could be among its first
01:48targets.
01:49And here, the lesson emerging from this war becomes clear.
01:54Hostility toward Israel is not necessarily the primary pillar of Iran's strategy.
02:00Hostility toward Israel is not necessarily the primary pillar of Iran's strategy.
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