… they understand how fragile American public opinion will be toward this effort, toward this destruction, if they don't fully commit? And when I think fully commit, I'm thinking back to In the first Gulf War, America only had to pay for about 15% of that. And almost 50% of that war effort was paid for by Gulf states. The other portion was paid by Germany and Japan. I mean, do they understand why it's so important for them to step up the plate and visibly support this effort? (02:35–02:41)
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Asserts that during the first Gulf War, the U.S. paid 15% of the costs, and Gulf states paid almost 50%.
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