(April 12, 2023 at 12:50 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: It's not even about that. It's not "bomb the brown people" for some verifiable benefit. They want (not really) a war with mexico because it allows them to seem warlike. There's no other benefit or rationale. The other guys, with their support of ukraine, seem like the tougher hombres - and that encroaches on the brand. They want to pound the table and say "war war war!" - but not..like, in support of libs/china/burisma/eurocommie/hunters massive crack dick.
Ladies and gentlemen, the banality of evil.
That what 'resonate with the base' means. It doesn't mean they actually want to send US troops to Mexico, they just want to sound like they do.
Boru
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