Buck Sexton
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And they very much feel that way, and that's why they've been willing to go to this extent. And you'll notice that no one even talks anymore about how Putin's going to be overthrown or all this. People said moronic stuff. And I mean U.S. senators. I don't have to name them. I could name them. In the very beginning of this conflict, delusional.
about how we'd be able to defeat the Russian war machine in this theater without actually engaging U.S. military forces in the process. So we just want this whole thing to end. I think there's tremendous frustration with it. I think it also, Clay, comes out of fighting in multiple decades-long counterinsurgency GWAT wars in the Mideast that what did we get? What did we get in Afghanistan exactly?
about how we'd be able to defeat the Russian war machine in this theater without actually engaging U.S. military forces in the process. So we just want this whole thing to end. I think there's tremendous frustration with it. I think it also, Clay, comes out of fighting in multiple decades-long counterinsurgency GWAT wars in the Mideast that what did we get? What did we get in Afghanistan exactly?
about how we'd be able to defeat the Russian war machine in this theater without actually engaging U.S. military forces in the process. So we just want this whole thing to end. I think there's tremendous frustration with it. I think it also, Clay, comes out of fighting in multiple decades-long counterinsurgency GWAT wars in the Mideast that what did we get? What did we get in Afghanistan exactly?
That's a really tough one to answer. What did we get in Iraq? Maybe even... Isn't it funny? Afghanistan was the good war. We basically got nothing. We ended up killing bin Laden in Pakistan, everybody. So, you know, we didn't really get very much for our Afghanistan efforts, did we?
That's a really tough one to answer. What did we get in Iraq? Maybe even... Isn't it funny? Afghanistan was the good war. We basically got nothing. We ended up killing bin Laden in Pakistan, everybody. So, you know, we didn't really get very much for our Afghanistan efforts, did we?
That's a really tough one to answer. What did we get in Iraq? Maybe even... Isn't it funny? Afghanistan was the good war. We basically got nothing. We ended up killing bin Laden in Pakistan, everybody. So, you know, we didn't really get very much for our Afghanistan efforts, did we?
And then you look at Iraq, and, you know, it's marginal right now that it's better now than it was under Saddam Hussein. So there's been a lot of reason for us to see what's going on with U.S. foreign policy and military interventions and say... Have we learned the lesson, Clay? And I think that's I think that's Trump's fundamental guiding principle on this. Have we learned the lesson?
And then you look at Iraq, and, you know, it's marginal right now that it's better now than it was under Saddam Hussein. So there's been a lot of reason for us to see what's going on with U.S. foreign policy and military interventions and say... Have we learned the lesson, Clay? And I think that's I think that's Trump's fundamental guiding principle on this. Have we learned the lesson?
And then you look at Iraq, and, you know, it's marginal right now that it's better now than it was under Saddam Hussein. So there's been a lot of reason for us to see what's going on with U.S. foreign policy and military interventions and say... Have we learned the lesson, Clay? And I think that's I think that's Trump's fundamental guiding principle on this. Have we learned the lesson?
I think that's a very good. Yes, I think that, unfortunately, there are a lot of people still who think, oh, no, you don't understand. We could do this. And I don't know if they've just been playing too much Call of Duty or I don't I don't get it. I don't know why they would think that this is going to be something that we want to get deeper or more involved in.
I think that's a very good. Yes, I think that, unfortunately, there are a lot of people still who think, oh, no, you don't understand. We could do this. And I don't know if they've just been playing too much Call of Duty or I don't I don't get it. I don't know why they would think that this is going to be something that we want to get deeper or more involved in.
I think that's a very good. Yes, I think that, unfortunately, there are a lot of people still who think, oh, no, you don't understand. We could do this. And I don't know if they've just been playing too much Call of Duty or I don't I don't get it. I don't know why they would think that this is going to be something that we want to get deeper or more involved in.
I do not care who is in charge of Crimea. Meaning, I do not care enough that I want to sacrifice a single American or any American interest for Crimea, for Donbass, for Luhansk and Donetsk and these places. I do not care. Now, that doesn't mean I don't care about the suffering of the people there. I do.
I do not care who is in charge of Crimea. Meaning, I do not care enough that I want to sacrifice a single American or any American interest for Crimea, for Donbass, for Luhansk and Donetsk and these places. I do not care. Now, that doesn't mean I don't care about the suffering of the people there. I do.
I do not care who is in charge of Crimea. Meaning, I do not care enough that I want to sacrifice a single American or any American interest for Crimea, for Donbass, for Luhansk and Donetsk and these places. I do not care. Now, that doesn't mean I don't care about the suffering of the people there. I do.
But, Clay, I care about the suffering of the people in South Sudan as well, which is going through yet another mass genocide situation in slow motion. But we're not about to land troops there either.
But, Clay, I care about the suffering of the people in South Sudan as well, which is going through yet another mass genocide situation in slow motion. But we're not about to land troops there either.
But, Clay, I care about the suffering of the people in South Sudan as well, which is going through yet another mass genocide situation in slow motion. But we're not about to land troops there either.
I think that he recognizes that, you know, Trump Trump is willing to upset the apple cart. You don't want to tick him off. No one even thought Biden was leading the country. So who cares? Doesn't matter what he says.