Beyond Donald Trump: When poisons curdle
The forever wars of the 21st century have had a similar effect on our society as Vietnam did more than 50 years ago. Not good.
The forever wars of the 21st century have had a similar effect on our society as Vietnam did more than 50 years ago. Not good.
The way war drives our scourges at home and exacerbates the fissures, escapes many. MLK knew better.
In 1967, Dr. King warned that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
Senior military officials were quick to call for change within their ranks. But change will neither be easy, nor quick.
However difficult and long it takes, America has always been able to surmount its problems and renew itself. Thus current protests show not weakness but strength.
More than 1,000 acts of racism against Asian Americans have been reported since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.