WASHINGTON—Remembering the fallen on Memorial Day is a time-honored tradition of ceremonies, barbecues, and a day off for most American workers and schoolchildren. But many are feeling that the holiday might be losing steam, and that has some officials worried that Memorial Day will lose its meaning for many Americans.
Some say dragging on dwindling wars with no clear exit strategy isn't enough to support the troops. Statistics show that many Americans aren't even aware that the country is still technically at war in the Middle East, so experts think that it’s time to engage in another major conflict.
"There are a lot of places to fight wars," President Donald Trump said. "Great places. The best places. It's hard to pick one, trust me, I know. So the idea is to just sort of throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks, you know? I've been working my way through the alphabet, threatening countries over Twitter, to see which one is the best fit for us to send soldiers to die. I started with North Korea, and, you know, that didn't really shake out, but now I think I've got something with Iran. I heard they have WMD."
"You can really milk it by making the parameters of the conflict unwinnable," acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Michael Shanahan told reporters. “We came up with the idea of nation-building years ago and that's been working really well for us in terms of synergizing respect for the troops with the violent end of many of them.”
