Original artwork, not a still
Can I just say, to return to the subject for one moment, that it might be easier to fight a war on drugs if we weren't arming drug dealers?
— The American President · 1995
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Lewis steers back to a sharp point: fighting a war on drugs is harder if drug dealers are being armed. The complaint is that policy works against its own goal. It's a pointed, slightly sarcastic call for consistency.
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