increased standards on junior service member. the same thing is happening with the generation. yeah, for all those reasons i felt the need to speak out. brian: already lost the war. not you guys you won every battle you were edge gauged in. that s right. brian: you missed the birth of your son and not able to attend the funerals of all your grandparents. all you wanted it do was fight for this country and they put you in jail for speaking out because they didn t act in the best interest, in your view, and i agree, for the country. so, after the fact, it was time for the generals, with you in jail to go in front of congress and explain themselves. i want you to hear millie, mackenzie, and austin. my assessment was back in the fall of 20 and remained consistent throughout that we should keep a steady state of 2500. i -78ded that we maintain 2500 troops in afghanistan. those were my personal views. i also have a view that the withdrawal of those forces would lead inevitably to t
everything you said, everyone understands your frustration.n. you are clearly smart. you didn t know you would go to jail for it, but you did it anyway. why? this has been my whole life. my whole adult life has been dedicated to america. i wrote a master s thesis on making foreign diplomacy more effective. no one is more personally invested than me. i have awards for valor. but through all of that, that s irrelevant and when i m watching the junior service member win every tactical engagement and the national security strategy is all predicated on changes on a tactical level. we won every tactical level engagement. what we are losing at is the operational level where
understands your frustration. you are clearly smart. you didn t know you would go to jail for it, but you did it anyway. why? this has been my whole life. my whole adult life has been dedicated to america. i wrote a master s thesis on making foreign diplomacy more effective. no one is more personally invested than me. that s irrelevant when i am watching the junior service member win every tactical engagement and the national security strategy is all predicated on changes on a tactical level. we won every tactical level engagement. what we are losing at is the