And the president calling this an excursion, you can't watch that and feel that that way of characterizing this is deeply disrespectful. And so we're going to force this into the open and. And into the sunlight. And We have some real optimism that when this is in the sunlight and people see the absence of the rationale, in the absence of the plan, they'll say this was a horrible mistake and we shouldn't have allowed it to happen. And we're going to do what we can to stop it and make sure that it's carried out in a dignified way at accord with our institution and traditionally, I think is so important. (21:38–21:51)
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Asserts optimism that public scrutiny will reveal the lack of rationale and planning in a military decision, leading to the conclusion it was a mistake.
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