Memorial Day during Wartime Reminds of the Need for Vigilance

As we ought to do on every Memorial Day, we honor with gratitude those who sacrificed their lives in service to the United States in wartime for the blessings of our security and liberty. This Memorial Day, we also recall those who recently died in service during the current, though mostly paused, Iranian War. The minor war is the latest in a series of direct clashes with the Islamic Republic of Iran since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 brought to power a Shi’ite Muslim theoracy committed to spreading Islamist revolution by any means, including throug state sponsorship of terrorism. Iran has engaged in a proxy war with the U.S. through its support of terrorists and guerillas that have attacked Americans. Regardless of the lack of fitness of the current Commander in Chief, who had dodged the draft through fraud; his failure to plan for contingencies like the Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz; his lack of clear and consistent policy principles to form the basis of negotiation demands; his repetition of others’ errors in allowing the Iranians to buy time by extendig negotiations and cease-fires; and his inadequate briefing of Congress, the sacrifice of our troops who gave their lives or who have been injured or who are currently risking their safety to confront the Iranian menace should no less be appreciated. The current service of our troops in this conflict, like the sporadic engagements elsehwere in the War on Terrorism against Sunni Islamist terrorists, such as al-Qaeda, which was responsible for the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on American that killed a record 3,000 people, and their offshoot, the Islamic States, remind us of the need for eternal vigilance. Even though the U.S. is a superpower, there are threats of various kind from around the world from evil forces who recognize America is a force for good that is an obstacle to their designs. May God bless America and keep it safe and free, and may we remain ever grateful to those who sacrificed their lives.