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What do past wars have to do with the SOTU address? (Original Post)
LiberalFighter
Feb 2019
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MattP
(3,304 posts)1. Getting us ready for Iran?
Sophiegirl
(2,338 posts)2. I was wondering the same thing. nt
badhair77
(5,115 posts)3. He knows old warriors will get applause.
Tomorrow the news networks will be reporting how many times and for how long his speech was interrupted with applause.
MissB
(16,344 posts)4. He's trying to be prezidential and inspiring
ooky
(10,811 posts)5. If you take out all the props he uses in his speeches
there is nothing left for him to talk about except needing things he doesn't do, needing stupid things like walls, or just tell outright lies.
highplainsdem
(60,836 posts)6. Trump's trying to wrap himself in the flag and past American triumphs.
Sneederbunk
(17,352 posts)7. Our forefathers fought and bled and died so we
could fight and bleed and die.
