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Jeffery James's avatar

To be honest, a man does not ask the same question to everyone, as implied here, when he is sure and is just wanting confirmation. He asks that question when he is doubtful of the choice and is trying to find people to validate it for him. In other words, IF Trump was asking everyone "this will be the end of the war, right," he is not asking because that is his belief. To the contrary, he will be asking that because that is NOT what he believes but wants to believe, thus getting positive responses will give him the impression that this was the right thing to do.

And finally, there is a helluva difference between being impatient and "having a short span of attention." You can see the need for a long time to make something happen, and still be impatient to see it over with.

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Dave B.'s avatar

It also serves as "creative ambiguity" to quote Henry 'Dr. Evil' Kissinger.

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Jeffery James's avatar

I am mystified. What part of what I wrote is a Kissinger quote?

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Dave B.'s avatar

I am quoting Kissinger.

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Jeffery James's avatar

Thank you. I guess it was the sentence structure that through me.

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Quentin Craven's avatar

You mean “threw me”, added to which your sentence structure is at times pretty confusing. 🫤

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Jeffery James's avatar

Thanks Quentin. Glad you were able to find something to correct. I'll keep trying to help keep you busy. I never claimed to be a spelling expert or a grammar expert. Glad there is one reading the posts. In the case of the sentence I was talking about, a comma changes everything, even if it is a comma splice.

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