I mean, try telling the Taliban that they lost in Afghanistan. They're getting 70 million, excuse me, $80 million a week from the U.S. government. We're paying the Taliban and we claimed victory. That's not victory when you're funding terrorist organizations overseas. So, you know, I think that we have to look at it through that long lens and understand that we've never done regime change successfully and that we've had real struggles in the Middle East. (38:49–38:53)
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