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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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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Imagine Winston Churchill calling off air raid defenses after the first strike of the Luftwaffe. "We survived the dasterdly attack from the Nazis. Well done. Dismantle our radar positions and anti-aircraft batteries. The war is won!"
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wait I thought all of that didn't matter because that one time Bush gave Michelle candy or whatever
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...while having bone spurs
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They didn't know the difference between Sunni and Shia.
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