Above: Approved Flag Images
A symbol of the propaganda that makes it all work.
LA Progressive
Big US Armed Forces spending:
Bracing Views
America Hasn’t Paid Attention to Ike’s Warning
A Huge Military-Industrial Complex Threatens Our Rights, Our Liberties, Our Democracy
BILL ASTORE
FEB 12, 2026
US Advantage – Macho Swagger
Watch Secretary of War Pete Hegseth takes thrilling fighter jet ride with ‘Top-Gun’ pilots:
Since 1986 Top Gun:
The US Dept. of Defense was nowhere to be found on 911.
We haven’t won a war since.
Decades after the lessons of Vietnam, it feels like the people who run the Pentagon specialize in undeclared/unwon wars. Is it understandable that young people and their parents and grandparents would take a dim view on all this?
Sentinel
Pro sports and made for TV events are part of the entertainment industry.
They are not part of the federal government even though we often see militarized pageantry, giant flag rituals, fighter jet flyovers and quick views of The Troops still in the Middle East at game time.
It is easy to be a bit confused because the federal government is very much involved in the event each year.
The event does play to a groupthink patriotism. Some might prefer it was just sports and who cares about the Ads and the show at halftime.
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