What I'm worried about is not the soldiers and the people who are serving. What I'm worried about is their political leadership. Like Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. You know, We lived through a war that was sold to us on false pretenses when I was younger. This war has not been sold on any pretense. The president just went ahead and did it. Here's the biggest thing that has not changed since the war in Afghanistan or the war in Iraq. (00:51–00:57)
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Asserts that a past war was sold on false pretenses.
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