Marco Rubio Called It On Iran 11 Years Ago [WATCH]

In 2015, then-Sen. Marco Rubio delivered a lengthy warning on the Senate floor about the potential consequences of the nuclear agreement with Iran, arguing that sanctions relief would allow Tehran to expand its military capabilities and strengthen its position in the Middle East.

Rubio spoke during a debate surrounding the proposed nuclear deal between the United States and Iran, raising concerns about how the Iranian government might use funds unlocked through sanctions relief.

He said the agreement would allow Iran to strengthen both its conventional military forces and its strategic capabilities.

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“I do want to be recorded for history’s purposes before I know what was going to happen in regards to this,” Rubio said at the time.

“If it goes through, Iran will immediately use the money that it’s receiving in sanctions relief to begin to build up its conventional capabilities. It will establish the most dominant military power in the region outside of the United States, and it will raise the price of US operating in the region.”

Rubio warned that Iran would invest in military systems designed to challenge American forces operating in the region.

“They’re going to build anti access capabilities, rockets capable of destroying our aircraft carriers and ships continue to build these swift boats that are able to come on us, these fast boats that are able to swarm our naval assets. And they’ll make it harder and harder for US troops to be in the region.”

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He also said Iran would continue supporting militant groups that could target American personnel.

“They’ll also work with other terrorist groups in the region to target American servicemen and women, and they may or may not deny that they’re involved, but they will target us and raise the price of our presence in the Middle East until they hope to completely pull us out of that region.”

Rubio also warned that Iran’s missile development would continue even under the agreement.

“They’ll also continue to build long range missiles, missiles capable of reaching the United States. Those are not affected by this deal, and they’ll continue to build them, as they’ve been doing.”

According to Rubio, those developments could eventually lead Iran to pursue nuclear weapons once it believed it could deter a military strike.

“And then at some point in the near future, when the time is right, they will build a nuclear weapon, and they will do so, because at that point, they will know that they have become immune, that we will no longer be able to strike their nuclear program, because the price of doing so will be too high.”

Rubio compared the potential scenario to the situation involving North Korea’s nuclear program.

“This is not just a work of imagination. It exists in the world today. It’s called North Korea, where a lunatic possesses dozens of nuclear weapons and a long range rocket that can already reach the United States, and we cannot do anything about it.”

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