You know, we thought that we could put 40 advisors in Syria when Obama was president, and then Syria kind of turned into a forever war for the United States. We were. George W. Bush was saying, mission accomplished in Iraq after really nothing had been accomplished in terms of a security situation there that was improved. And so I'm always hesitant when we say, well, we really want this to be a short, limited engagement. But we've had generals in the past who say the enemy gets a vote. (39:36–39:46)
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