Scott Mann

where we are looking at a new administration. Our veteran population from the Global War on Terror, in my assessment, has done an amazing job of recognizing an institutional shortfall, and they have kept it going somehow, cashing in their pension funds and their kids' college accounts to keep these individuals alive, but they've done it.

where we are looking at a new administration. Our veteran population from the Global War on Terror, in my assessment, has done an amazing job of recognizing an institutional shortfall, and they have kept it going somehow, cashing in their pension funds and their kids' college accounts to keep these individuals alive, but they've done it.

where we are looking at a new administration. Our veteran population from the Global War on Terror, in my assessment, has done an amazing job of recognizing an institutional shortfall, and they have kept it going somehow, cashing in their pension funds and their kids' college accounts to keep these individuals alive, but they've done it.

But how much more and how much longer are we going to ask that of these veterans to do that?

But how much more and how much longer are we going to ask that of these veterans to do that?

But how much more and how much longer are we going to ask that of these veterans to do that?

So what you're really, you know, if you step back and just look at it, Sean, you think about this, you have, you know, you have a point of view that is an institutional point of view that started to form, I don't know, certainly when Afghanistan collapsed in 2021, this emerging point of view in our government, right?

So what you're really, you know, if you step back and just look at it, Sean, you think about this, you have, you know, you have a point of view that is an institutional point of view that started to form, I don't know, certainly when Afghanistan collapsed in 2021, this emerging point of view in our government, right?

So what you're really, you know, if you step back and just look at it, Sean, you think about this, you have, you know, you have a point of view that is an institutional point of view that started to form, I don't know, certainly when Afghanistan collapsed in 2021, this emerging point of view in our government, right?

from the previous administration that the Taliban are actually someone we could deal with, someone we could normalize relations with, someone who really offers a better solution, not just in Afghanistan, but global stability, right? And then you see that because you start to see humanitarian aid money going there. CT dollars going there, all the stuff that you all have talked about.

from the previous administration that the Taliban are actually someone we could deal with, someone we could normalize relations with, someone who really offers a better solution, not just in Afghanistan, but global stability, right? And then you see that because you start to see humanitarian aid money going there. CT dollars going there, all the stuff that you all have talked about.

from the previous administration that the Taliban are actually someone we could deal with, someone we could normalize relations with, someone who really offers a better solution, not just in Afghanistan, but global stability, right? And then you see that because you start to see humanitarian aid money going there. CT dollars going there, all the stuff that you all have talked about.

But that's a reflection of an institutional way of thinking, right? Like this is who we're going to deal with now. And then you also saw just the omission of any engagement with any of the commandos and special forces and others that we had trained for 20 years who then went to resist completely on their own, not even tacit political support.

But that's a reflection of an institutional way of thinking, right? Like this is who we're going to deal with now. And then you also saw just the omission of any engagement with any of the commandos and special forces and others that we had trained for 20 years who then went to resist completely on their own, not even tacit political support.

But that's a reflection of an institutional way of thinking, right? Like this is who we're going to deal with now. And then you also saw just the omission of any engagement with any of the commandos and special forces and others that we had trained for 20 years who then went to resist completely on their own, not even tacit political support.

And so I say all that because that is such a divergent point of view from the veteran population who fought this war for 20 years and who has been on the phone nonstop. So, you know, you're talking about individuals who dealt with this threat up close and personal, who understood it, who most of us said never again after 9-11.

And so I say all that because that is such a divergent point of view from the veteran population who fought this war for 20 years and who has been on the phone nonstop. So, you know, you're talking about individuals who dealt with this threat up close and personal, who understood it, who most of us said never again after 9-11.

And so I say all that because that is such a divergent point of view from the veteran population who fought this war for 20 years and who has been on the phone nonstop. So, you know, you're talking about individuals who dealt with this threat up close and personal, who understood it, who most of us said never again after 9-11.

And we, you know, we gave away our youth and our life, not life, but our, you know, just everything about our life to fight this. A lot of people did. But, you know, the larger point here is that the people that have been on the phone working this side of it that have that divergent point of view, they're the ones that fought this war.

And we, you know, we gave away our youth and our life, not life, but our, you know, just everything about our life to fight this. A lot of people did. But, you know, the larger point here is that the people that have been on the phone working this side of it that have that divergent point of view, they're the ones that fought this war.