There was no imminent threat. This was made up in Texas, announced in January to the Republican leadership that war was going to take place and was going to be good politically. This whole thing was a fraud.

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This quote suggests that the notion of an imminent threat leading to war was fabricated in Texas. It claims that in January, the Republican leadership strategically announced this pretext for war, purely for political gains. The quote asserts that the idea of an imminent threat was a deceptive and fraudulent fabrication.

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