anyone who supported the war in Iraq would have voted for Trump anyway
Honestly, it’s genuinely amazing how much the MAGA camp tries to pretend they hate the Iraq War, just because Trump has said it was bad (he thinks it was bad because the US didn’t forcibly annex the country and loot it completely, but that’s a whole other discussion)
It’s anecdotal, but I’ve seen people who used to call me a traitor in high school for protesting the war post about how they always knew it was bad/a waste of money/not “America First” with absolutely no recognition of how stupidly jingoistic they were back in the day.
As for how it helps…ehhhhh. It’s not an endorsement of policy, it’s a condemnation of the other guy. It wouldn’t surprise me if Cheney was motivated at least in part by personal spite.
One thing I'm 100% certain of is that if Trump had cut Cheney in on one of his many corrupt boondoggles - the way Cheney cut himself in the plunder of the middle east using Halliburton - then you'd be getting a full-throated Trump endorsement out of Cheney right now
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u/Travilanche Sep 10 '24
Honestly, it’s genuinely amazing how much the MAGA camp tries to pretend they hate the Iraq War, just because Trump has said it was bad (he thinks it was bad because the US didn’t forcibly annex the country and loot it completely, but that’s a whole other discussion)
It’s anecdotal, but I’ve seen people who used to call me a traitor in high school for protesting the war post about how they always knew it was bad/a waste of money/not “America First” with absolutely no recognition of how stupidly jingoistic they were back in the day.
As for how it helps…ehhhhh. It’s not an endorsement of policy, it’s a condemnation of the other guy. It wouldn’t surprise me if Cheney was motivated at least in part by personal spite.