… war fighters who sacrificed precious time, energy, and in some cases, their very lives in the line of duty. They are the ones who bore the cost of past failure. Our leaders abandoned clearly stated strategic goals for lofty, often incoherent abstractions. This is how, for example, we wound up chasing a 230 million dollar pier in Gaza that worked for a grand total of 20 days while injuring over 60American service members in the construction and maintenance of that pier. (07:54–08:02)
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Asserts that past U.S. leaders abandoned clear strategic goals in military engagements.
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