{"id":10792,"date":"2025-05-17T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=10792"},"modified":"2025-05-17T17:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T00:54:45","slug":"armed-forces-day-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2025\/05\/17\/armed-forces-day-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Take a few moments today, to think about and pray for our military heroes, past, present and future. Pray for their safety, security and success in their efforts to keep America safe and secure. Pray for their renewal and restoration to be the mightiest force in the world, that they might ensure peace on Earth.<\/p>\n

Image courtesy of Mark Alexander and the Patriot Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In his first annual message in January of 1790, then-President George Washington declared, \u201cTo be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.\u201d In his 1793 annual message, Washington said likewise, \u201cIf we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.\u201d<\/p>\n

That is a timeless truth attributed to Roman author Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus\u2019s tract, \u201cConcerning Military Matters\u201d (c400 AD), in which he wrote what is now paraphrased in Latin, \u201cSi vis pacem, para bellum\u201d \u2014 \u201cIf you want peace, prepare for war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our Founders understood the merits of a strong defense, as all learned men throughout history have understood, but presidents who have neglected to heed the wisdom of that maxim are responsible for the loss of thousands of American military lives when unprepared for war, as was the case with Franklin Roosevelt before World War II.<\/p>\n

Clearly, Donald Trump is the strongest advocate of \u201cSi vis pacem, para bellum\u201d since President Ronald Reagan, and our Armed Forces know they have a commander-in-chief they can both respect and trust.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Si vis pacem, para bellum, indeed. If you seek peace, prepare for war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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