Knowing the President, his stance on this and the team around him, the last thing we want is another long term engagement like Iraq or Afghanistan. Let's be clear. The reason why those conflicts lasted so long is because Previous administrations decided that we were going to inject western constitutional democracy in Iraq or Afghanistan. That is not what the President is trying to do here, not whatsoever. And I do agree with the fact that they did not come to Congress because let's be clear, members of Congress leak all the time. (03:00–03:08)
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Asserts that past U.S. administrations aimed to establish Western-style democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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