Mark Halperin

And this is what we saw in Vietnam.

It's what we saw in Afghanistan.

It's what we saw in Iraq.

Presidents say, I've spent all this money.

People have died.

We need to keep going.

We need to win.

We need to achieve the mission.

That is not typically Donald Trump's way, but it is what history shows happens more often than not and far too often.

And right now, because he's initiated a conflict with Iran, because he's allowed Iran to shut down the Strait, because he's allowed Iran to thumb their nose at him and Israel, it's very difficult for him to get out.

And very tempting for him to stay in.

But then you go back to the question, what's the end game?

What's the exit strategy?

What is victory look like?

And I think it's been unfair for people to say, oh, he needs to know exactly when and how it's going to end.

That's not the way war works.

But another way war works is bad gets worse.

When things go bad, they start to get even worse.

And today, as a snapshot of where we are today, no matter how supportive you are of Donald Trump, no matter how supportive you are of this effort,

You have to be concerned just on Hormuz, just on the Strait of Hormuz.