Oh, Don't Go There!

I've seen a lot on YouTube about a John McPhee who is known as "The Sheriff of Baghdad". He was in the 75th Rangers and later, Delta Force. He's seen a lot of action and killed untold numbers of people. War is Hell, it's a dangerous world and things must be done by men who are very well-trained to do them. I totally get that. Thank you for your service and boy, I couldn't do that. 

When you get out of Special Forces, the government issues you a podcast so that you can interview other Special Forces guys. Well, it seems that way. There's a bunch of them. I wasn't familiar with the interviewer on the REEL the algorithm sent my way, but he looked as if he were ex-SF as well. He asks John where he was from and he answers, South Side of Chicago. I'm thinking, "Oh fuck- a Sox fan..." But baseball didn't come up. The podcaster wasn't interested in inane baseball rivalries. He needed to know if Chicago was as much of a hellhole as he had heard. Yes, John said, I wouldn't even get out of the car. 

Oh, fuck me a-running! Here's a guy who has been in harm's way all over world for 20 years, and he's scared of the city like he's from Naperville? He's armed and still dangerous. Marquette Park should be a walk in Baghdad for him. What gives?

Maga gives. It seems all these guys are maga. They love Trump. Trump's the biggest pussy the world has ever seen, but they revere him. He's, their guy. I completely understand why rednecks in jerkwater towns all over America fall for Trump and believe he's a tough guy, but these actual tough men should know better. If they do, they aren't saying. I'll tell you why. 

It's because Trump's existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to me, *saves lives*. I don't want the truth because deep down in places I don't talk about at parties, they want Trump in that White House. They need Trump in that White House. He uses words like covfefe, witch hunt and fake news. I use them as punchlines.

Well, I sure do that! You got to laugh in a regime like this, to keep from crying. But as odd as it is that these ex-SF guys love Trump, it's similarly odd that so many republicans hate and fear the great city of Chicago.  Even a born-to-kill, well trained republican like I'm sure John is. I don't get it. We're democrats. We're pussies. We can't fight. We're scared of guns and don't know how to use them. Do we even have penises?? 

Chicago and democrats go hand-in-hand and are a sort of Schrodinger's cat to maga/republicans, simultaneously violent thugs and effete cowards. Eh, what are ya gonna do? Well, if maga and Special Forces ever invade Illinois, I know where I'm going- the south side! I'll be safe there! Well, as long as I don't wear my Cubs hat...

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