The GWOT Memorial Monopoly: How Washington Insiders Hijacked Post-9/11 Military History On June 10, 2026, the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation (GWOTMF) finally pulled back the curtain on its long-awaited design concept for the National Mall. For the three million veterans who deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global theaters over the last quarter-century, the news that a design was even finalized came as a welcome surprise. Most rank-and-file service members had no idea the project was so close to reality. Instead, the unveiling was a visceral slap in the face.   The concept, drawn up by an elite international architecture firm, features a conceptual, vegetated steel arch titled "the embrace," paired with abstract symbolic footsteps. It completely omits the names of the fallen service members. It features no literal representations of the grit, the hardware, or the tactical reality of America’s longest conflict. To the actual grunt-level combat community, it looks less like a war memorial and more like a sanitized, modern courtyard for a high-end hotel or a corporate campus plaza. The foundation was quick to counter the immediate, widespread backlash from veterans and lawmakers by retreating behind a defensive shield of statistics. They claimed this abstract design was the direct, democratic result of "veteran listening sessions" that gathered input from over 20,000 participants.   But a deep dive into the legislative history, the financial records, and the executive pedigree of the GWOTMF reveals a far more cynical reality: The post-9/11 veteran community didn't choose this design. An insular club of Washington lobbyists, intelligence insiders, and establishment politicians engineered a legal monopoly to dictate how our history is told—and they are paying themselves handsomely to do it. 🧵1/6

UNO Reverse! I am now drinking Apple Cider with Fireball. I’m such a wh0re.

Holy crap! This post is blowing up. It’s never my “good”, “insightful” posts. 😞

I hear coyotes singing… like… a “lot”. From multiple directions. Do I sit up with my silenced M&P-15/22 and night vision? My stupid chickens won’t coop up because they are the dumbest dumb tardickens ever. Ugh. I don’t want to stay up. Maybe just leave the Bassett Hound outside in his pen? [grumble grumble]

It’s NOG SEASON! 1.5 oz Kahlúa in 8 oz eggnog, 2 ice cubes. Fight me!

At SERE, during the Red Cross visit, I got to be the “hostage” while everyone else got to eat corned beef hash. I’ve never gotten over it. I hold on to that resentment to this day. It keeps me warm.

I watched it ar 2x speed and she was still slower than my grandma. —My grandma has been dead since the 1990s.

This dude had the deadliest weapon on the battlefield.

This is a great example of smooth-brained cherry-picking of out-of-context Bible quotes to push some idiocy or other. Lady, don’t presume to lecture Christians. Go home and ask your husband what Scripture means, because you OBVIOUSLY don’t understand it.

This dude doesn’t suck. I’m waiting for the Audible version. Check it out.

Threatening an Iraq vet with training who will not hesitate to end your bloodline is not the smartest thing to do. I'm not going to bother submitting another report to the FBI about you.

This is going to end in so much blood it will utterly shock the conscience and alter the face of the globe. The saddest part is that no one will learn a damned thing. 😞

If I do end up coming to your door with my crew and you don’t hand over your weapons peacefully, it will not end well for you. I can promise you that much brother.

Dangit! @SetantaADV don’t just like, Quite retweet it.

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C’mon folks. Vote and quote-tweet

I swear it feels like we’re in Ghostbusters 2 and Vigo the Carpathian is pumping out his pink slime to get everyone fighting with each other. Can we get a little SOLIDARITY? jerks.

Hell yeah! My wife once said: “Deer hunting just seems like sitting in the woods quietly.” I smiled and said, “Yep.” 🙂‍↕️