Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context? 

Context:

Well, I think the fact that they're facing these repeated call-ups, some of them two and three deployments, and there's a stop- loss policy that prevents people from being able to get out when their time was up, is a reflection of the bad judgment this president exercised in how he has engaged in the world and deployed our forces.

Hypothesis: the bad judgment this president exercised in how he has started/working at the world and sent out and used our forces.
Yes