Rep. Ro Khanna
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And gave him a trophy.
I think what it is, and this is really important,
We can have incredible tactical military success at these fairly straightforward military objectives, bombing and destroying targets, and our military is exceptional at that.
That does not translate, in most cases, frankly, to long-term political strategic gains.
And so he's getting these briefings every day.
We're hitting targets.
These are the numbers.
And he's like, oh, that sounds great, because I don't know anything about war.
I dodged a draft five times, in fact.
And no one is telling him, well, Mr. President, tactical success doesn't translate to ultimate victory, which we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan and Vietnam and many other wars.
And he's just so, I think—
clueless around that and no one will speak truth to power.
And that's what we've both been trying to say.
We can both appreciate that our military is exceptional at these tactical tasks, but that they're being failed by their political leadership who aren't translating those into gains and being honest with the American people.
I have traveled to a lot of rural towns, factory towns.
I've done a lot of podcasts of Trump voters, and I knew that this was something that Trump campaigned on, that he was going to hold elites accountable, that rich and powerful people were getting away with breaking the law, and that that was wrong.
And that's really what started my interest.
At least 50% still has been hidden, covered up.
But what has been released is shocking.