Rep. Jimmy Gomez

And the reason why this is a big deal, because if you don't have a clear mission, then how do you know that your strategy and your tactics are gonna achieve the goal that you set out?

And if you're completely lying to the American public, then how are you gonna be able to rally them to support any conflict that might be necessary in the future that is more a defensive war?

This is a war of choice, he's lied to the American people, there's no exit strategy, and then he's downplayed the risk.

We knew from the very beginning that people could die or men and women in the universe can die, but also hundreds more could be injured, sustained brain injuries and have life altering incidences where they ended up being crippled or ended up being damaged so that they couldn't live their lives normally in the future.

So this is a complete and utter mess.

Oh, absolutely.

One of the things is you can't build a coalition of the willing when everybody thinks that you're lying about what you're trying to achieve and how you can actually get it done.

You can't bullshit your way out of a war.

It is...

something that occurs in real time.

And then the consequences of that war is something that everybody feels.

Everything from high gas prices, the shutting down of the Strait of Hormuz, the fact that they're using

ballistic missile interceptors to basically shoot down these missiles, then all of a sudden you don't have those weapons for other areas of the globe.

So you can't bullshit your way out of it.

It actually is comical, but at the same time deadly.

We've lost seven individuals currently.

More than 150 have injuries.

And people just don't trust this administration to follow through and that they're giving it to them straight.

not only our allies, but also our adversaries.

Yeah, no, absolutely.