Mister Hovdy, look, I think the war in Ukraine is a direct result of the absolute failure in how we left Afghanistan. We pulled out our troops, we left a key strategic military base, we left Americans behind to die, 13 marines that died that day, afghan allies that supported us, that risked their lives. There's a reason why you saw them running, holding onto those planes, falling to their death. We also lost, left billions of military equipment behind. (31:24–31:37)
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