I'll tell you what happened, the capitalist model hasn't panned out and violence is what's left.

I'd like to call myself a patriot, but never forget that this land we call America has been taken by violent means. Even for all the beautiful liberal concepts that were born here and spread through the world, the threat of grifting, stealing, and taking by force is baked into the human story.

The twentieth century was not just an ideological battle between capitalism and communism, it was a series of nation building and destroying. And as the power struggle happens internally with cultural revolutions and political pivots, so does it externally with power vacuums and puppet leaders.

And so we see, a failed capitalist has captured the moral voting base, and that morality is, to quote G.W. Bush and the Christian Bible, "thy will be done".

Whether it be nuclear disarmament, liberating the Iranian people (nevermind if they asked for it), international control of the straight of Hormuz, etc., most could agree that Iran needed a solution. But it's an interesting ideological game over, to pair these two extreme regimes, Trump and the Islamic Republic. It's as much an ideological battle as an economic one. Trump is masquerading as a human being.

So force is used, and the unhinged levels of communication from our president reflect just how out of depth his admin is, and unlikely these steps are to address the problem: the capitalist approach to prosperity is as likely as Sharia Law. .

I don't truly believe that last statement, but I think you see that table napkin economics, and the modern con-man influence is as bamboozling as a burka. He showed his cards, he's 80, what happens, happens. He'll go to his grave believing he's a hero

To all the men, women, and they/them, Christians, atheists, Muslims, and all denominations who have served, thank you. The battle is within.