It's also dangerous to invoke Jesus and your brand of Christianity around a force that's

entering into a region that has been divided by religion for generations, right?

During Passover.

And we invaded Ramadan.

I mean, we do have a very diverse force.

And the danger here for the long term is it continues to homogenize the military, make it look more like Hegset and Trump's MAGA army.

And they, instead of, you know, creating an army of the future, they want to drag us back to the Army of 1860. Can you walk us through how dangerous this search and rescue mission might be, particularly since we do not have brown troops in the area?

Exceptionally dangerous. I think it's important to say, we now have boots on the ground. We have pilots that have been shot down. We have rescue operations underway. I would also say, look, we're better at this than anybody in the world. I mean, our military prowess and excellence will be on full display. I mean, these pilots are exceptionally trained to evade and survive, and the rescue operations will be the full might of the military to get them out.

Everybody gets shot down or potentially could get shot down, knows that they will come get you.

But I think politically and socially, this is really the worst case scenario.

The idea that American pilot could be held hostage by the Iranians is a very daunting prospect.

And an example of how this war is continuing to go sideways.

This is undoubtedly the worst day of the war since six plus Americans were wounded and killed in Saudi Arabia.

And it's an example of how Trump does not have control of this situation.

He can say that he's determining when he leaves or when he does things, but the reality is the hornet's nest has been disrupted now, and the hornets will decide when it's over. And today is, I think, another example of how the popularity of this war is going to continue to drop, especially within his base. He's never gotten the country behind it. And now that that's... Well, he hasn't really tried

very hard to get the country back. No, he hasn't. But he's throwing our troops out, right? And anytime a president commits the country first and then commits the troops, we get into a disaster. And this is shaping up to be on the same trajectory. In the region. And then the, you know, that the Iranians had wanted Jady Vance to come in and negotiate.

Like that's pretty unbelievable.

And so I do think that's, you know, that the Iranians had wanted Jady Vance to come in and negotiate.

Like, that's pretty unbelievable. And so I do think that's another worrying part of this. And the American public's not buying the threat. I mean, after I was there in 9-11, too, everyone felt a threat.

They felt a threat around the world. Right now, most Americans don't feel threatened by Iran.

And I think especially among working

class men, among Republican men, among independent men, they feel like this is the new big lie.

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