Jen Psaki
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But this is a war that no one has any idea what it's about.
Right.
It feels like it's about his ego.
It's about his feelings.
And so if you're these families whose 18 year olds, 20 year olds or 30 year olds or your husband is going, that impacts not just that family, but impacts communities, impacts states.
It makes people question the worth of this.
And then there is, of course, the issue that is beyond the impact on the military.
And I think about the military impact in a lot of ways, like
states i mean just to be super political and i know we'll get there yeah of course about this and talked about this texas has the largest number of veterans in the country right it also has i think maybe the most or almost the most number of military bases in the country it also has one of the most interesting senate races in the country now a lot of those people probably voted republican and probably voted for john cornyn and maybe most of them will again but if some of them are like what is this about this feels a little iraq war like this feels i mean that's
You know, also Georgia, a huge military presence.
Right.
I mean, these are this is it can flow into that.
And then there's, of course, the gas prices issue and impact of the longevity of a war like this.
We've already seen it.
I think I'm just going to go economic nerd, but I'll have the data in front of me.
I have the mug.
I love data.
I mean, I think as of last night, it really depends on the part of the country, but it was like anywhere between like 88 cents and over a dollar more per gallon, right?
And gas.
And there is no way to change that.