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. Our government took its eye off the ball of great power competition and preparing to take on a peer adversary. (08:03–08:12)
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Asserts that the U.S. invested $230 million in a pier in Gaza that was operational for only 20 days.
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