When Leonidas of Sparta arrived at Thermopylae, he reportedly said to his men:

They say that the barbarian has come near and is coming on while we are wasting time. Truth, soon we shall either kill the barbarians or else we are bound to be killed ourselves.

It has ever been the fate of the honest warrior to fight the barbarian, and today is no different; the barbarians today carry AK rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and improvised explosives, not swords and lances, but the principle remains the same. We have warriors. Even after four years of abuse of our armed forces by the Biden administration, even after the Obama purges of the upper ranks of our armed services, we still have warriors.

Now, President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are working to return the services to the warfighters – the men Leonidas would look on with approval.

Those honest warriors have also ever had bards to tell the tales of their exploits. When King Leonidas saw the battle going against him, he sent the bulk of the Greek army away, which is how we know what befell the Spartans and Thermopylae because Leonidas fell in battle, giving his life for Greece. Storytellers to this day relate what happened to Leonidas and the 300 men of his personal guard, and how they set a standard for courage and dedication that still stands today.

In our day, though, the legacy media is anything but honest in their reporting of military matters – of the need for warriors. We have seen this time and again.

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