A deadly serious thought

There are so many things this president says that make me want to scream and laugh and cry, but undoubtedly one of the most maddening and revolting shibboleths he trots out is the one that surfaced again today:

There is only one way to honor the sacrifice of [insert name of wasted life here] and his fallen comrades and that is to take up their mantle, carry on their fight, and complete their mission.

Oh please. The only way to honor those who died pointless deaths is to serve up more human sacrifice on the bloody altar of vainglorious foolishness. That is tragic and mindless and brutal and criminal.

I am reminded of a Union captain at the Civil War battle of Cold Harbor, in which the Federal troops faced withering fire from entrenched Confederate forces (one soldier said it was "not war, but murder). Witnessing the POINTLESS slaughter, Captain, T.E. Barker said that "I will not take my regiment in another such charge if Jesus Christ himself should order it!."

Jesus isn't giving any orders, and we should not make `another such charge.'

You reap what you sow, then and now....