It’s so not PC, but I like it

Sousa’s marches have a lovely fin de siecle quality that makes them ageless.  This march, though, isn’t ageless, but it’s damn good, and I really, really, really love how completely un-PC it is.  It speaks to the heart of the troops’ job, without apology.  As my Dad always said (and, my God, did he know), you have to hate your enemy to fight and win a war.  This song, meant for the troops, understands that.  This doesn’t mean soldiers have to be unduly brutal or violate the conventions of modern warfare.  But they do need to hate.  Otherwise, they have no justification for what they do.

And as a reminder, this enemy — the Islamic extremist — is worth hating.  This enemy, wherever its ideology strikes, does the following things with great pleasure: