Print article According to a speech Gov. Dunleavy gave to the right-wing Texas Public Policy Foundation in January, we’re at war! “These groups are declaring war on the state of Alaska,” Dunleavy said of the alleged Alaska enemies in a panel discussion. “I know that this is language that in the last couple of days some folks would caution us from using. But I don’t know how else you word it. This is what’s occurring and we’re gonna fight it.” Them’s fightin’ words for a leader — and highly inflammatory, as he knowingly and willingly ratchets up the already-combustible state of our politics in order to ratchet up his future national political aspirations within the GOP.