There Is No End Game in Iran, Dalton Says

And finally, captain, leaning on your service in the navy, we learned today that the USS Teddy Roosevelt is going to begin steaming to the Middle East. A third carrier strike group now being sent to that theater could arrive in late November after the president has repeatedly said he expects that this war will not end until after the midterms. Do you expect that this could still be an... A going concern if you are to win and take an oath in January? Absolutely. It's gonna be a a a growing concern and a continuing concern. Once again, we have gotten ourselves into a forever war. And with this one in particular, with no strategic value, no defined end state, we're putting our servicemen and women in harm's way without any real goal. You know, our servicemen and women, you know, they deserve to know that they are being well led. Out of the Pentagon with our political leadership right now, they are not being well led. The families that care for them should be able to put their faith and trust in the government, that they're out there doing their jobs with all the material that they need. And in a broader picture, we've got multiple different carrier strike groups in an area of the world that poses no threat to our homeland right now while we're leaving ourselves vulnerable to the actors throughout the globe who could actually reach out and touch us and do us harm. So this war in Iran has not only made these gas prices go up. It's not only sinking our economy. It's not only putting our servicemen... And women in harm's way with no real goal or end state. It is also making our country more vulnerable and less safe. And we have got to get this turned around because it's not gonna end in one day.