Article VI Blog is off today, but we will share this Memorial Day thought from Scott Ott at Scrappleface:

As the United States marks Memorial Day, recognizing those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, scientists worldwide admit they are likely years away from discovering a “fertilizer for freedom” as effective as the blood of American troops.

 

“Where liberty has sprouted around the world,” said one unnamed scientist, “we usually find American blood at its roots.”

 

Studies show that the rich soil of Europe, Japan, South Korea, hundreds of Pacific Islands and thousands of square miles of other foreign territory have been saturated with what one scientist called “that costly catalyst of human rights, that priceless antidote to tyranny, that precious reagent of democratic revolution.”

 

“Try as we might, we scientists can find no synthetic substitute for American blood,” he said. “Where diplomacy falters, and negotiations fail, where evil reigns, and fear makes men’s arms hang limp, yet hope rises and moves in measure with the beating of American hearts. The soil of barren lands seems to cry out for this peerless nutrient. And we continue to marvel that volunteers still step forward to pledge their own blood for a cause whose accomplishment might await their last drop of devotion.”

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