Oh, thank a merciful God!!!
"Certainly, if lives are going to be put at risk, whether they're U.S. lives or the lives of other foreign nationals, there must be a darn good reason,"
"A darn good reason" indeed.
Glad he's thinking this way. Glad that's policy at the highest level.
He won't put lives at risk unless there's "a darn good reason". That's his number one, Numero Uno, sine qua non.
I'm reassured. Or would be if a barrel of oil didn't constitute "a darned good reason" to these people.
Arf (my aching - - head)