1. The war metaphor was always a double edged sword. It evokes the idea of a common and shared purpose sacrifice but also, as with Trump telling Americans they are "warriors" an implicit defense of sending people to their deaths.https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1257757404109905921 …
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3. Trump is running the metaphorical war on the Invisible Enemy with the same ineptitude of America's other recent wars. Kushner hiring 20 something GOP failsons to procure medical supplies is exactly like how Bush staffed the Green Zone with Heritage Foundation interns.
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4. More thoughts on Trump's "wartime presidency" and the pandemic.https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coronavirus-war-criminal/ …
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A Cardigan.
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He's a John Bell Hood and this is Franklin
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More like a William calley
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He's George McClellan.
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Can I be the pedant who points out Haig wasn't that bad? In many ways he was an excellent reforming General who never deserved his later image.
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The Chateau Generals of WWI, but lacking their strategic or tactical acumen.
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He’s Petain, after he went into politics.
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Worse, he is a McClellan...
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