And I would argue not for the better. You mentioned Afghanistan. I think the best book I ever read in Afghanistan was written by special ops soldiers who basically made the point, We accomplished what we need to accomplish in Afghanistan before Tommy Frank ever put a boot on the ground. And you know, 20 some years later, thousands of American lives, you know, Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, I mean, more thousands of Americans. I mean, it's just, it's. (07:08–07:14)
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