INVERTING THE CLAUSEWITZ CLAUSE:
Anderson Cooper: Far right podcasters are profiting off rhetoric saying there’s a war targeting conservatives.
Dan Goldman: That’s incredibly dangerous. These far right podcasters need to realize this is not war.
Chris Murphy, two days ago: We’re in a war to save the country. pic.twitter.com/543t9MmEv4
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 11, 2025
Yes, why would “far right podcasters” think that?
They are at war with the right. https://t.co/cqdD9yNKwi
— WW (@the_urb) September 11, 2025
Democrats: "We're in a war to save this country so you have to be willing to do whatever is necessary."
Killer: murders the icon of the Right
Democrats: "Right wing podcasters are incredibly dangerous. We're not at war and their rhetoric will lead to violence."
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) September 11, 2025
As I wrote in June of 2009, “President Obama has demonstrated that he’s always eager to view American politics as the continuation of warfare by other means, to flip Von Clausewitz’s axiom on its head.”
And Joe Biden (and/or whoever was writing his teleprompter speeches) carried on that tradition, particularly during this infamous moment, right around this time three years ago:
Eugene Robinson, then still with the WaPo, dubbed Biden’s rantings a great “wartime address.” As Ed Morrissey asked, “Question: With whom is the United States currently at war?”