SurrealPolitiks S01E011 - Unknown Soldier

I am very proud of the opening monologue I have prepared for this evening, it is very moving. I also have a couple of really great reads from other outlets which I'll share with you.

Here's a teaser from the open, and I'll plan on seeing you tonight at 9:30pm on Odysee, Rumble, or our other platforms.

Today being Memorial Day, it might be fitting to speak a bit about military service.

Of course, the martial character of human conflict emerges elsewhere besides the military, and perhaps it would be still more fitting to speak in such a broader generality. There exists no shortage of bold men who will not be hailed as heroes, despite courageous sacrifice, be their names known or not. Some, the news records as villains, and our task is in some measure to see history do them greater justice.

The United States is not the only country with a monument known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. No culture survives without reverence for its warriors. Some do a better job than others of recovering their dead, but whatever their military prowess, combat is unpredictable, and people go missing.

It is both fitting and important then, that there be some shrine to their sacrifice. In the United States, ours is at Arlington National Cemetery. It is guarded, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, by soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard.”

They perform a visually impressive routine when changing guard, and Sentinels, as they are known, have a creed which reads;

“My dedication to this sacred duty is total and whole-hearted. In the responsibility bestowed on me never will I falter. And with dignity and perseverance my standard will remain perfection. Through the years of diligence and praise and the discomfort of the elements, I will walk my tour in humble reverence to the best of my ability. It is he who commands the respect I protect, his bravery that made us so proud. Surrounded by well meaning crowds by day, alone in the thoughtful peace of night, this soldier will in honored glory rest under my eternal vigilance.”

While there are over 4,000 unknown soldiers buried at Arlington, the monument contains the remains of but three. One from World War I, another from the second World War, and one from the Korean war. An empty third crypt represents missing service members from Vietnam.

When power changes hands, perhaps it would be best to leave the Arlington Memorial to those who died in uniform overseas, but it might also be fitting to establish a new one for those who died, or otherwise had their lives destroyed, right here. The menace we face has surely left more than 4,000 corpses in its wake almost entirely unremarked upon. Many millions more yet walk, but are no less dead, disappeared, and forgotten.

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