a) Sauron’s orcish horde storming Helm’s Deep in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers? b) Victims of the Zombie Plague swarming up the walls of Jerusalem in World War Z? c) The White Walkers preparing to assault the Seven Kingdoms in Game of Thrones? d) Lazarus the beggar outside the walls of the rich man’s house in the Gospel of Luke?
Answer: all, and none. What did you expect? Our President is a complicated man! None, because in every case, there exists a proper wall with a proper door capable of admitting the proper people in the proper time, place, and manner. All, because like the denizens of Helm’s Deep, America must deploy its soldiers even as it places its hopes in a White savior; and like the citizens of Jerusalem, we know how to defend ourselves from enemies on all sides; and like the Seven Kingdoms, we are diverse and yet united against a common foe; and like the rich man, we know that handouts aren’t what these people really need.
a) Sauron’s orcish horde storming Helm’s Deep in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers? b) Victims of the Zombie Plague swarming up the walls of Jerusalem in World War Z? c) The White Walkers preparing to assault the Seven Kingdoms in Game of Thrones? d) Lazarus the beggar outside the walls of the rich man’s house in the Gospel of Luke?
Answer: all, and none. What did you expect? Our President is a complicated man! None, because in every case, there exists a proper wall with a proper door capable of admitting the proper people in the proper time, place, and manner. All, because like the denizens of Helm’s Deep, America must deploy its soldiers even as it places its hopes in a White savior; and like the citizens of Jerusalem, we know how to defend ourselves from enemies on all sides; and like the Seven Kingdoms, we are diverse and yet united against a common foe; and like the rich man, we know that handouts aren’t what these people really need.
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