For those of you who know that I live in Missouri, I feel like I need to say this. Our governor, governor Kehoe, does NOT speak for me when he says Missourians are all in support of Trump's air attack of Iran. He certainly doesn't represent me--clearly demonstrated by how many laws that were voted in by majority vote by me and other Democrats or people of left-leaning ideology, that were rescinded by the state legislature. He certainly does not speak for me nor, I suspect, the majority of Missourians, when he tries to imply a general support for Trump's version of W's WMD fiasco.
Built into his statement was a further implication that if you don't agree with him, then you must not be "proud of the men and women from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri," [where the B2 bombers are based.] If we do get into a protracted war with Iran (which I sincerely hope we do not) I do not look forward to the flurry of disingenuous slogans and buzzphrases about "supporting our troops," conflating genuine and appropriate respect for service members who protect us, and support for another reckless and so far unauthorized war.
There's so much more to say, but I think if you got this far you probably agree with most everything I might add. Or maybe not.
