The first day we went into an open desert, and that helicopter has so many bullets, you would have respected helicopters.

They say it has never really been done before for two airmen it's been done on occasions for one.

For 47 years this has been going on, and every one of those presidents should have done it.

Off the record, because they haven't got the courage to say it, those presidents are giving me a lot of credit.

This should have been done by Obama, should have been done by Clinton, and should have been done by the Bush's.

Money is coming in like never before. Frankly, we could do the same here.

Because if I had my wish, I would just like to take the oil

I don't know that the American public wants that. They wanted us to go in, do what we have to do, and get out.

It's a whole different regime. This is a different group of people.

They are more moderate. They are much smarter.

You know the war crime? War crime is allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

The American-Zionist enemy has resorted to its usual weapon of Zionist terrorism and the assassination of one of the commanders of the country's intelligence and security community.

However, the steadfast ranks of the fighters and warriors on the path of truth and justice in Islamic Iran and the self-sacrificing armed forces form such a tall and solid foundation that terrorism and crime cannot undermine their principles.

It is a pity… that they are beating the drum of war, threats, and destruction more and more every day, while international institutions remain silent and indifferent, and perhaps even complicit in the aggression, becoming partners in the flaming of this fire

If there is a chance to silence the weapons and open up space for negotiation, we are in a sincere effort to evaluate it — even the smallest chance; we are determined to seize it.

We hope that this illegal, meaningless, and extremely costly war for all humanity will end as soon as possible.

We're here today to celebrate the success of one of the largest, most complex, most harrowing combat searches, I guess you would call it a search and rescue mission, ever attempted by the military.

The entire country could be taken out in one night.

And that night could be tomorrow night.

I ordered the U.S. Armed Forces to do whatever was necessary to bring our brave warriors back home.

A risky decision because we could have ended up with a hundred dead as opposed to one or two. It's a hard decision to make.

In the United States military, we leave no American behind.

Our armed forces deployed 21 military aircraft into hostile airspace, many flying at very low altitude, being shot by bullets.

You bring rifles into play when you go in that low, but there are also certain advantages.

One helicopter has a lot of bullets in it. It is amazing. We just realized how good those machines are.

Nobody has the equipment that we have.