The most famous war story, the one that will forever be told, is that of the Trojan horse. It goes like this: About a hundred or thousand years ago the Greeks and Trojans had been duking it for a decade. The Greeks could not penetrate the city walls of Troy to take over the treasured land and eventual said they had given up. The two parties fist bumped, and the Greeks sail away as the Trojans wheel into the fortified city the giant horse of a parting gift. The Trojans had a few too many Coca-Colas in celebration and passed out. Meanwhile there are 40 MMA Greek warriors chugging Red Bull and shadow boxing. The ultimate warriors pop out and opened the gates for their fellow Greeks who had sailed back during the shadows of the night to help defeat the unsuspecting Trojans.
Our country isn’t surrounded by giant walls, but we are protected by our geography, technology and strength in numbers. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 were coast-based attacks that led to death of about 5,500 Americans. In retaliation was the leveling of about three different countries and hundreds of thousands of people. The United States, like the Trojans, aren’t to be defeated in a traditional sense.
In all available metrics, studies and common sense, the past decade has revealed some troubling trends. Our citizens are less patriotic than ever. We are fatter than ever. We are on more drugs, both prescribed and illegal, than ever. Suicide and drug overdoses have spiked. Crimes from shoplifting to murder hardly even get any attention due to the increased prevalence. There are more fatherless homes than ever. Birth rates and overall life expectancy have dropped for the first time ever. Porn addiction and divorce rates up. We still see people walking around with masks on. Each one of these things adds to the rotting of our great society. How has there been such acceptance to all of this? If this is the end of a Scooby-Doo episode, the mask being pulled off the bad guy has a university president’s face under it.
