You had politicians halfway backing them, halfway not backing them. Vietnam, that. That is not how to wage a war. And it's not what President Trump is doing. I. I think the chances, not Iraq, We're not going to see hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground [in Iran]. We're not going to see a sustained occupation. Now, the objective, I believe, should be regime collapse. That's what I want to see is this regime out of power. (08:50–08:56)
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Asserts that there will not be a large ground troop presence in Iran.
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