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Gary Peters: “It's politics to get in the war and it's politics to get out…”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 01:32

And one of those core principles it starts with is basically war is the continuation of politics by other means that everybody knows that, quote, worn the uniform and others too. And basically means there's two things about that. It's politics to get in the war and it's politics to get out of the war. And in between, we rely on the men and women in the military to carry out those policies. (01:32–01:36)

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Asserts that political decisions are central to entering and exiting wars.

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