Posted on 05/23/2020 9:31:56 AM PDT by knighthawk
COVID-19 has sent Americans reeling. We’ve seen things we cannot ignore: the sufferings of our most vulnerable and the understated heroism of our frontline health-care workers.
This weekend our country recognizes heroes of another kind: the men and women who gave their lives to protect our country. Memorial Day is not a “holiday” but a sacred day, particularly for those of us who loved or served with people who “gave the last full measure of devotion.”
What’s the connection between the heartbreak and havoc of the past two months, and Memorial Day? The pandemic and its global chaos have shown the value of American freedoms.
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On this Memorial Day, let’s resolve to stop sacrificing young Americans - and trillions of dollars that we do not have - in useless wasteful regime-change wars.
Get out of Afghanistan. Get out of Syria. Get out of Iraq. No war with Venezuela, no war with Iran, no war with Russia, no war in Ukraine. Defeat them through containment the way Reagan beat the Soviet Union (reagan didn’t start wars, the way Bush-Cheney did).
Honor the memories of our fallen by finally finishing the wall and defending our borders and our national sovereignty.
No more endless regime-change wars a world away. Take care of America First.
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