And they too would be impacted by that decision. So I'm sure that's weighing on his mind as well. I think that's right. And let me say there's been a major strategic shift. So For about 25 years, Republicans and foreign policy have operated under what was Colin Powell's essentially his Pottery Barn rule. You break it, you buy it. So. So you look at Iraq, the view was, well, we come in and topple Saddam Hussein. We've got to invade. (08:05–08:15)
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