America is exceptional — in its addiction to violence and war
date linked: 4 April 2026
source: link to article, from redletterchristians.org
Lots to think about here. In the context of Trump’s proposed budget, this stood out in particular:
Our military spending is not a partisan issue. Obama raised Bush’s military budget. Trump raised Obama’s budget. Biden raised Trump’s budget. What would King say to that? Probably exactly what he said in 1967: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching a spiritual death.”
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