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nycbos

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Fri Feb 7, 2025, 01:17 PM Feb 2025

Quotes from West Wing S04E12 Guns and Butter

A lesson on messaging from a fictional world. The way we should sell foreign aid is that it's in our national interest, and it's a great way to exercise soft power.


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Quotes from West Wing S04E12 Guns and Butter (Original Post) nycbos Feb 2025 OP
you want to see REAL caravans of desperate people lapfog_1 Feb 2025 #1
I'm watching that series right now. zanana1 Feb 2025 #2
Great clip LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2025 #3

lapfog_1

(31,980 posts)
1. you want to see REAL caravans of desperate people
Fri Feb 7, 2025, 01:28 PM
Feb 2025

wait until a climate change famine or flood hits someplace in the world... hard... and see how many people will "invade" the USA or Europe.

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