You know, and this is back when I was still naive and thought nation building was something that was going to be possible in that part of the world. I have a very different view today. But then I just felt like. And I wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that was published in I think October of 2006 called more troops please. And it was, that was their title. But it was all about how the right strategy and enough troops we could actually leave with a, at least a tactical and strategic victory or tactical and operational victory. (18:40–18:47)
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Asserts that Pete Hegseth wrote an op-ed advocating for more troops in Iraq, published in the Wall Street Journal.
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