Intentions are different than outcomes.

And taking out the regime is a good thing, but what does it produce and what happens next?

We got to Iraq and saw what happens when you don't have a plan for afterward.

And if you want to win over the Iranian people and get them to right behind me. But I am leaving CNN and that was another weird one.

It was another weird one at CNN and I think it's going to get weirder because I don't think this war is going to end or at least the chaos won't end anytime soon.

And the media coverage is going to end, or at least the chaos won't end anytime soon. And the media coverage is going to be

sustained. And apparently it is so deja vu all over again. Because when I went in the green room,

I saw Alex Pitas, who was on, and I saw Kim Dozier, who I haven't seen in 10 years, who I used to see around the Iraq War, and Peter Meyer,

who's in Iraq Vet. So it was like a Iraq War reunion. And maybe that's fitting because it felt

like 2024, where I was on TV arguing with a guy who was another veteran, who was taking all

the positions of the president, arguing in favor of the unpopular war, saying it was going to be over easy, and everything was great.

Peter Meyer, I think, is a good dude. I've known him a long time. I have respect for him. But he is all in on Trump, and he is carrying all the talking points.

And as I've told you before, I am not going to abide by that.

I'm not just going to stand there and let people go unchallenged.

So as I go down the West Side Highway on my way home, this is deja vu all over again.

I think unfortunately on cable news, you're going to see too many veterans arguing with each other,

putting little boxes, but as we knew then and we know now, this is an incredibly complex situation that will get even more complex.

I'm going to do my best to try to add honest perspective, and also, as you've seen before, challenge both sides because I am not in the bag

for the Democrats, the Republicans, or any politicians. And I don't think you should be either.

So I'm going to go for a walk. Peter and I did end on a hug, which was nice. Maybe we will

continue the discussion on my show sometime soon. But it is deja vu all over again in so many ways.

And just like in 2024 in Iraq and after Afghanistan and especially now, it's most definitely

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