Author unknown, yet, so eloquently said.!.!.!.!
“Men, like nations, think they’re eternal. What man in
his 20's or 30's doesn’t believe, at least subconsciously,
that he’ll live forever.? In the springtime of youth, an
endless summer beckons. As you pass 70, however,
it is harder to hide from reality.
Nations also have seasons: Imagine a Roman of the
2nd Century, contemplating an empire that stretched
from Britain to the Near East, & thinking: 'This will
endure forever….' Forever was about 500 years, give
or take.
France was pivotal in the 17th & 18th Centuries; now, the
land of Charles Martel is on its' way to becoming part of
the Muslim ummah.
In the 19th & early 20th Centuries, the sun never set on
the British empire; now, Albion exists in a perpetual
twilight. Its' 95-yr-old sovereign is a fitting symbol for
a nation in terminal decline.
In the 1980's, Japan seemed poised to buy the world.
Business schools taught the Japanese management
techniques. Today, Japan's birth rate is so low, & its'
population aging so rapidly, that an entire industry has
sprung up, to remove the remains of elderly Japanese,
who die alone.
I was born in 1941, near the midpoint of the 20th Century
– the American Century. America’s prestige & influence
were never greater. Thanks to the ‘Greatest Generation,’
we won a World War, fought throughout most of Europe,
Asia & the Pacific. We reduced Germany to rubble & put
the Rising Sun to bed. It set the stage for almost half a
century of unprecedented prosperity.
We stopped the spread of communism in Europe &
Asia, & fought international terrorism. We then rebuilt
our enemies & lavished foreign aid on much of the world.
We built skyscrapers & rockets to the moon. We've even
conquered Polio, & now COVID. We explored mysteries
of the Universe & the wonders of DNA… life's blueprint.
But, where is the glory that once was Rome.? America
has moved from a relatively free economy to socialism
– which has worked so well, NOWHERE in the world.
We’ve gone from a republican government, guided by a
constitution, to a regime of revolving elites. We have
less freedom with each passing year. Like a signpost to
the coming reign of terror, the cancel culture's everywhere.
We’ve traded the American Revolution, for the Cultural
Revolution.
The pathetic creature in the White House, is an empty
vessel, filled by his handlers. At the G-7 Summit, ‘Dr. Jill'
had to lead him like a child. In 1961, when we were young
& vigorous, our leader was, too. Now, a feeble nation is,
technically, led by the oldest man to ever serve in the
presidency.
We can’t defend our borders, our history (including the
monuments to past greatness), or our streets. Our cities
have become anarchist playgrounds. We are a nation of
dependents, mendicants, & misplaced charity. Homeless
veterans camp in the streets, while illegal aliens are put
up in hotels.
The president of the United States can’t even quote the
beginning of the Declaration of Independence (‘You know
— The Thing’) correctly. Ivy League graduates routinely
fail history tests that 5th graders could pass a generation
ago. Crime rates soar, & we blame the 2nd Amendment,
& slash police budgets.
Our culture is certifiably insane. Men who think they are
women. People who fight racism, by seeking to convince
members of one race, that they are all inherently evil, &
others that they are perpetual victims. A psychiatrist,
lecturing at Yale, said she fantasizes about ‘unloading a
revolver into the head of any white person.’
We slaughter the unborn, in the name of freedom, while
our birth rate dips lower, year by year. Our new national
debt, is so high that we can no longer even pretend that
we will repay it, one day. It’s a $28-trillion monument to
our improvidence & refusal to confront reality.
Our ‘entertainment’ is sadistic, nihilistic, & as enduring as a
candy bar wrapper, thrown in the trash. Our music is noise
that spans the entire spectrum , from annoying to repulsive.
Patriotism is called insurrection, treason celebrated, &
perversion sanctified. A man in blue, gets less respect than
a man in a dress. We’re asking soldiers to fight for a nation
that our leaders no longer believe in.
How do nations slip from greatness to obscurity.?
• Fighting endless wars they can’t, or won’t win
• Accumulating massive debt far beyond their ability to repay
• Refusing to guard their borders, allowing the nation to be
inundated by an alien horde
• Surrendering control of their cities to mob rule
• Allowing indoctrination of the young
• Moving from a republican form of government to an oligarchy
• Losing national identity
• Indulging indolence
• Abandoning faith and family – the bulwarks of social order.
In America, every one of these symptoms is pronounced,
indicating an advanced stage of the disease.
Even if the cause seems hopeless, do we not have an obligation
to those who sacrificed so much, to give us what we had.? I’m
surrounded by ghosts , urging me on: the Union soldiers who
held Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, the battered bastards of
Bastogne, those who served in the cold hell of Korea, the guys
who went to the jungles of Southeast Asia, & came home to be
reviled or neglected.
This is the nation that took in my immigrant grandparents, whose
uniform my father, & most of my uncles, had worn in the Second
World War. I don’t want to imagine a world without America, even
though it becomes increasingly more likely.
During Britain’s darkest hour, when its' professional army was
trapped at Dunkirk, & a German invasion seemed imminent, Mr.
Churchill reminded his countrymen, ‘Nations that go down fighting
rise again, & those that surrender tamely, are finished.’
The same might be said of causes. If we let America slip through
our fingers, if we lose without a fight, what will posterity say of us.?
While the prognosis is far from good, only God knows,
if America’s day in the sun is over.”
AI
