And it colored my decision to join the military. And it's important, again, for the record, to remind Americans that The military did not lose that War, that was a politically lost war. And I don't want that to be attributed or ascribed to the, to the military. (02:29–02:35)
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Asserts that the Vietnam War was lost due to political reasons, not military failure.
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