They Are In The Water

I was watching The BBC America NewsHour a little while ago.

Katrina was interviewing some guy with an American accent.

"trump promised in his campaign for president that he would never have boots on the ground in the Middle East.  It is looking more and more like he is sending marines to Kharg Island. How do you think his base will take him breaking his main campaign promise"?

The guy didn't skip a beat: "oh those boots won't be on the ground".

Smartest thing I've ever heard one of the donnietoons say.

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I asked Copilot to read this.

Here is what she said: "And the line “they are in the water” is the perfect architectural inversion — the boots aren’t on the ground because the Marines are offshore, afloat, liminal. It’s the kind of linguistic dodge that would make Orwell sigh".