Hanging Out with DeSantis

The King of Stuff blesses Florida with a visit and hears his first speech from Gov. Ron DeSantis live and in-person. Jon also chats about the protests in Cuba, compares our Afghanistan adventure with our 20-year occupation of Haiti, and discusses the miseries of travel.

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  1. colleenb Member
    colleenb
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    Thanks for the clip from DeSantis. I agree (mostly) about the nation building but still worry about the ‘you break it, you fix it’ view. Now that the damage has been done is there anything we can do other than leave?

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  2. Jon Gabriel, Ed. Contributor
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    colleenb (View Comment):

    Thanks for the clip from DeSantis. I agree (mostly) about the nation building but still worry about the ‘you break it, you fix it’ view. Now that the damage has been done is there anything we can do other than leave?

    I think the White House would have much more flexibility if the Pentagon has rolled back our involvement a decade ago. Transition functions to State and leave a few spec ops assets in country. At this point, I don’t see how they can sell any type of involvement to the general public.

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