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Purchased With Blood and Lies

Another Memorial Day: boasts, insults, "self-defense strikes," cheap clichés from a Secretary of War Crimes prattling about dead boys "delivered from the battlefield into the arms of a loving Lord and savior." Spare us. And maybe revisit the war to end all wars, which didn't - its "infinity of waste" and trenches with skulls in the sides where "he who had a corpse to stand on was lucky." Pat Barker: “A society that devours its own young deserves (no) unquestioning allegiance.”"Happy Memorial Day to all," babbled our ever-unseemly Idiot-In-Chief, "including the Dumocrats, who disrespect our Military and all of the tremendous success that it has had over the last year," because obviously the best way to honor the dead is to not acknowledge their sacrifice but to insult half the country they died defending. Also, at Arlington National Cemetery, "Wherever the American soldier (falls), he does it for the destiny of a nation like no other - there’s never been anybody like you." Also, 18,000 Williams, over 20,000 Johns, and other names fell, but "not too many" Donalds. Huh.Adding to the day's eloquence with "a monster truck rally vibe" was non-veteran, Hegseth bestie, and tawdry aging rock star Kid Rock. Because "Tokyo Rose wasn't available," he was chosen by the Pentagon to honor American service members' ultimate sacrifice in a hoodie, fedora, gold chain and sunglasses, looking like "a creature you’d expect to hiss at you from the dank depths of a garbage bin." "We are remembering the sacrifice and service of so many who are not with us today," he noted. "It’s a special day. We’re thinking of them... Keep on Kid Rocking in the free world."Then there was blood-lusting, dime-store-cliché-spouting Christo-fascist Pete Hegseth urging we "remember our republic was forged and purchased with blood, American blood," evidently only male. He declaimed "the sacred names of bygone eras to the 13 souls of Epic Fury (who) answered the call when it mattered the most (and) gave the last full measure of devotion," even when he failed them in an Iranian strike in Yemen: "They stood against the darkness of the world wearing the breastplate of righteousness (and) raced to the brink so we could walk in freedom and prosperity (and) may almighty God bless our warriors."It remains unclear how many of the up to 22 million dead, both military and civilian, and over 20 million wounded, "the butcher's bill" of World War One, came to be blessed by almighty God, especially in its Western Front's godforsaken trenches teeming with sludge, rats, mud, blood, water and disease. The war's "inconceivable loss" and "purposeless waste of a generation" is perhaps best exemplified by the Battle of Verdun, where the French, set upon by German forces, adopted a "They Shall Not Pass” mantra that in the end saw over 700,000 dead on both sides - ultimately, vast "heaps of bones."For many, the horrors of "the greatest conflagration the world had seen" live on through the searing literature, both prose and poetry, that emerged from them. Wilfred Owen's Dulce et Decorum Est epitomizes the bitter, bloody tone that often prevailed amidst its "guttering, choking, drowning" victims - Hegseth's benighted "warriors." "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks/ Knock-kneed, coughing like hags," cursing, gargling, limping bootless through sludge, "blood-shod...deaf even to the hoots/Of gas-shells dropping softly behind," they reject, "The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori."Siegfried Sassoon lived the privileged life of a British country gentleman, writing poetry and fox hunting, until the start of World War 1, when he served as an officer with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France. He was awarded a Military Cross, was later wounded in action, and refused to fight any longer to protest "a senseless slaughter." On June 15, 1917, he wrote "A Soldier's Declaration" as "an act of wilful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the War is being deliberately prolonged by those how have the power to end it. I am a soldier, convinced that I am acting on behalf of soldiers.""I have seen and endured the sufferings of the troops, and I can no longer be a party to prolonging those sufferings for ends which I believe to be evil and unjust," he wrote. He was protesting, he made clear, "against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed...against the deception which is being practiced on them. Also I believe that it may help to destroy the callous complacence with which the majority of those at home regard the continuance of agonies which they do not share, and which they have not sufficient imagination to realise."His letter was read before the House of Commons and printed in The London Times. He expected to be court-martialed; instead, he was declared "mentally unsound" and sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital, where Dr.

Americans honor fallen troops at Memorial Day observances in NYC, nation’s capital

The 158th National Memorial Day Observance was held at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery.

Ronald Reagan's 1984 Memorial Day speech observing interment of unknown Vietnam service member 'healed scars,' writer says

In his essay for We Are the Mighty, Stephen Ruiz declared that President Ronald Reagan's 1984 Memorial Day speech observing the interment of an unknown Vietnam service member at Arlington National Cemetery "healed scars.""We write no last chapters," Reagan told the crowd, Ruiz recalled. "We close no books. We put away no final memories. An end to America's involvement in Vietnam cannot come before we've achieved the fullest possible accounting of those missing in action."'The Vietnam Unknown never heard such cheers.'More from Ruiz's essay:A decade after the final U.S. troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973, some service members who fought in Southeast Asia couldn’t forget the harsh treatment that fellow Americans heaped upon them. Some were spat on while others received the middle finger or were called “baby killers.” They served their country and were blamed for the United States not defeating the North Vietnamese.Reagan realized old wounds can’t go unattended. Two years after the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., Reagan used his oratorical gifts to promote a better understanding of what Vietnam veterans endured.The president continued a tradition from past wars and awarded the Medal of Honor to the Vietnam Unknown. That nice moment was not enough for Reagan. He reached out to military families residing in a continual, painful limbo because of a loved one MIA. Reagan told them that a grateful nation understood their plight."They live day and night with uncertainty, with an emptiness, with a void that we cannot fathom," Reagan said, Ruiz recalled.The author noted that Reagan's speech added references to President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address — and that volunteers read nearly 58,000 names on the Vietnam Veterans Wall in 1982 over the course of three days.Ruiz also noted that Reagan read from a newspaper article about a restaurant dinner former Marines shared and that a group of college students — "some of them likely still in diapers when the first U.S. troops arrived in Vietnam in 1965," Ruiz wrote — mingled with them, then applauded them as the veterans left the eatery.Ruiz remembered that Reagan, reading from the newspaper article, quoted one former Marine's response: “The whole week, it was worth it just for that."RELATED: Stories Behind the Stars: On a mission to honor every American who died in WWII "The Vietnam Unknown never heard such cheers," Ruiz added in his essay. "In so many ways, wars never end for those who knew someone MIA. So many unanswered questions remain, threatening to expose a deep sense of loss always lingering just below the surface."The author added that "in 1984, Reagan was acutely aware of that."In his speech, the president said of the unknown soldier, "About him we may well wonder, as others have: As a child, did he play on some street in a great American city? Or did he work beside his father on a farm out in America's heartland? Did he marry? Did he have children? Did he look expectantly to return to a bride?"In conclusion, Reagan noted, "Today, we simply say with pride, 'Thank you, dear son. May God cradle you in His loving arms.'"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Stephen Colbert hosts Michigan public access broadcast with rocker Jack White — night after final ‘Late Show’ episode

Michigan native Jack White, who grew up in Detroit about 40 miles northeast of Monroe, joined Colbert as his “volunteer music director.”

Trump-supporting general intervenes to stop president's new plan: 'Iran is lying to you'

Retired General Mike Flynn, one of Donald Trump's most prominent military supporters, issued a dramatic public warning to the president Sunday, urging him to walk away from his Iran nuclear negotiations and accusing the Tehran regime of lying directly to Trump's face."Dear Mr. Trump — the regime in Iran is lying to you and your negotiators. Period, stop," Flynn wrote on X, in an open letter addressed directly to the president and copied to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "Do not believe a word they say."Flynn, who briefly served as Trump's first national security advisor before being fired and later pardoned by Trump for lying to the FBI, expressed sympathy for the president's desire to end the conflict while drawing a hard line against any deal that leaves the current Iranian government intact."I know you want to get out of this mess," Flynn wrote. "All Americans want this unnecessary war to end." But he argued that Iran's support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis made any negotiated settlement worthless without first dismantling those networks entirely.Flynn also raised the specter of a $25 billion payment to Iran — a figure that has circulated in reports about the emerging deal — warning it would be used for "nefarious purposes down the road.""No nukes in Iran may be a noble idea," Flynn wrote, "but the regime has blatantly lied to our faces before. Why do you now believe they will tell you the truth?"In a pointed jab timed to the Memorial Day weekend, Flynn demanded Iran publicly apologize for killing American soldiers and Marines before any deal moves forward. "How about getting them to first publicly apologize for killing American soldiers and U.S. Marines many times over — especially on this Memorial Day weekend."Flynn closed by invoking Trump's own brand against him, suggesting the president's instincts as a dealmaker should give him pause. "The art of the deal tells you to do that from time to time," he wrote. "Now may be that time."The intervention adds Flynn's voice to a growing chorus of Trump allies — including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump's own Truth Social base — who have broken with the president over his Iran diplomacy in recent days, suggesting the deal faces significant resistance from within the MAGA movement itself.

JUST IN: “Don’t Listen to the Losers… They Know Nothing” – Trump Responds to Neocons Spreading Lies About Iran Deal as More Details Come to Light

President Trump on Sunday responded to criticism coming from the warmongers and neocons over his negotiations to end the war in Iran, saying they "know nothing about" the ongoing discussions.  As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump announced the “largely negotiated” framework on Saturday. The post JUST IN: “Don’t Listen to the Losers… They Know Nothing” – Trump Responds to Neocons Spreading Lies About Iran Deal as More Details Come to Light appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

Democrat Sen Van Hollen Roasted For Celebrating Obama Judge’s Decision to Drop Criminal Case Against MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Democrat Senator Chris Van Hollen got roasted for celebrating a federal judge's decision to drop the criminal case against MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia. The post Democrat Sen Van Hollen Roasted For Celebrating Obama Judge’s Decision to Drop Criminal Case Against MS-13 Gang Member Kilmar Abrego Garcia appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.