Smithsonian has made me official folklorist of the American natsec discourse. [Cue scratchy banjo music]. My field research findings:
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1. Contempt for the U.S. government combined with unshakeable faith in its omnipotence abroad.
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2. Ecstatic belief in extreme vulnerability of domestic U.S.: (“If we don’t fight them there, we’ll be fighting them here!”)
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3 (and this'll be all for now): Lots of historical comparisons to Nazis, Hitler, Munich.
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Friends, that all for now, but tune in soon for more #USNatSecFolklore [fade out scratchy banjo]
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