Fox News host Johnny “Joey” Jones offered some stern advice to his former colleague, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and President Donald Trump as the Iran war stretched into its fifth week.

Appearing on Fox’s “The Big Weekend Show” Sunday, Jones pointed out the limited “tolerance” most Americans have for foreign conflicts while urging Trump and Hegseth to “get the hell out of” Iran as quickly as possible.

“I had a lot of conversations with [Hegseth] ... I know what’s in his heart and in his experience,” he explained. “I’ve also watched President Trump for more than a decade, who’s said, ‘No new wars,’ ‘No forever wars,’ and backed that up. The track record is there. I don’t think he’s changed.”

Addressing Trump, Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine directly, he added, “If you send our men and women into that country to kill our bad guys, to spill their blood because they deserve it, I don’t have to agree with you on it, just please do this: Don’t nation-build. Don’t win hearts and minds. Don’t spread democracy. Spill the blood of the evil that deserve to die without our hands tied and without a PR campaign and get the hell out of there. That’s all we have tolerance for.”

Jones, a Marine Corps veteran who lost both of his legs while deployed in Afghanistan in 2010, has previously been critical of the Iran war. Earlier this month, he told Fox News viewers it was OK to question Trump’s motivations regarding the U.S.’ joint military strikes with Israel on Iran.

“The American people should ask questions and demand answers when our blood is shed,” he said, before adding: “We accept, in this country, zero casualties.”

Elsewhere in his “Big Weekend Show” chat on Sunday, Jones also drew parallels between the war in Iran ― dubbed Operation Epic Fury ― and previous foreign conflicts.

“We won every battle in Iraq and Afghanistan. We lost the war because our politicians don’t have a spine,” he said. “Don’t be those people.”

Jones’ remarks come on the heels of numerous polls which have shown that most Americans disapprove of the U.S. military operation in Iran, with their opinions divided starkly along party lines. A Pew Research Center survey unveiled last week found that 54% of respondents believe the war will continue for at least six more months, and 40% feel it will make the U.S. less safe in the long run.

As of Monday, at least 13 U.S. service members have been killed in Iran’s counterattacks so far.

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