I think it's simple to say that over the 20-plus years that the United States has been involved in overseas conflict, whether that be the war in Iraq or the war in Afghanistan, that you cannot simply defeat ideology through bombs and bullets.
Brian Mast: “I think it's simple to say that over the 20-plus years that the United States has been involved in overseas conflict…”
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Mast emphasizes the ineffectiveness of military force against ideology.
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