Let’s set aside the kitschy nature of this image and ask a very important question. What does it mean for Jesus to be placing a hand on the shoulder of a praying soldier and declaring that he is with the soldier always? The allusion is presumably to Matthew 28:20, a passage which caps off the Great […]
militarism
Urinating on corpses and other costs of war
A couple days ago a forty second video went viral depicting US soldiers urinating on the corpses of dead Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan. President Karzai has just condemned the video. Since then at least two of the soldiers have been identified by the Pentagon. I take the event of urinating on dead soldiers to be an example of an […]
How to support the troops on Memorial Day
On Monday, May 30th 2011 Americans will commemorate Memorial Day, an annual observation of Americans who have died in war. But how best to observe Memorial Day (which, incidentally, doubles as the unofficial start of summer)? First, let’s consider how not to commemorate it. I suggest you avoid going to city park, getting sloshed on […]
