… realize just how close and also how smart the President is to keep doubling down on the pressure because you're just getting them even closer and closer to the brink. This is in no way a quagmire. This is a success. On economic pressure, oil pressure, military pressure, the list goes on and on. Look, in the Iraq war, we had boots on the ground. Hundreds of thousands of boots on the ground for multiple years. (20:43–20:47)
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Asserts that the situation is not a quagmire but a success.
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