In fact, a few of them just came back recently. And one of the things that was really disheartening for them is While all these Iranian backed proxy organizations and people were firing upon our service members with those kamikaze drones and what have you over the last several months, they were told to sit tight, they were told that they couldn't respond. And so when you're giving that sort of rhetoric to our service members who are fighting our fights overseas, it doesn't sit well with them. (04:53–05:05)
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Asserts that US service members were instructed not to respond to attacks by Iranian-backed proxies.
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