Wes Moore

There's nobody that can argue that we understand

what the mission is or mission accomplishment is or the end game.

And it's not because we're being naive.

It's because we've all heard maybe a dozen things from the president himself.

And the third thing, when we talk about an international coalition, I mean, that's almost laughable.

when you look at the fact that there is not an international coalescing around this that's going to help us to accomplish the mission.

So I remember when I was speaking, in fact, I was speaking with a person I serve with this morning, and I told him, I said, I'm just, I'm praying for our paratroopers.

I'm praying for their family members.

And honestly, I'm praying for the leadership of this country.

I'm praying for the president.

I'm praying for the secretary of defense.

I'm praying that God give them guidance and vision.

I'm praying that God give them an understanding of the men and women and their families who they're asking to actually do the work, because I think that's been lost in all this.

And I'm praying that we have leadership that can actually meet this moment.

Well, let's also be clear that there is no mission that is as easy as advertised.

You know, when people talk about, well, you know, it's just a plot of land.

You don't think the Iranians have thought about that?

That the Iranians have thought about that for years?

That we've been preparing for that for years?

I was actually, ironically, I was talking with a guy that I both served with and also trained with.