It’s a war that got a thesaurus for Christmas (I went into this without a plan)

Folks, I really didn’t want to start the monologue by talking about the war, but in honor of this administration, I went into this without a plan. —Stephen Colbert

I say it’s a war because it sure looks like a war, and Trump keeps calling it a war, but Congress never declared it a war, and MAGA was promised no new wars, so the White House sent out a list of talking points to all the congressional Republicans telling them in no uncertain terms that if a reporter asked ‘Can you promise the American people this will not be a long-drawn out war?’, the answer to give is ‘These are targeted, major combat operations.’ So … it’s worse than a war. It’s a war that got a thesaurus for Christmas. —Stephen Colbert

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2025/04/thats-no-way-to-say-goodbye-new.html 

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