by Roving Reporter, ©2025
(May 8, 2025) — “Victory at Sea” (0:57)
As the house lights dim the curtain rises to the music of “Bach, Prelude in E minor”(2:17) to the stage set as the deck of a United States destroyer patrolling between Yemen and Somalia in the Gulf of Aden. It is twilight, and a few stars are visible with a light chop and scattered clouds. The sailors are lounging around talking about the events of the day.
“Did I hear you say that we’re going in close tonight, about a stone’s throw from the coast? What’s the point?”
“The point is to goad them into attacking us, that’s the point.”
“But they’re going to attack us anyway, right? Ceasefires don’t mean anything to them.”
“Does anything mean anything to them, except killing?”
“But who, really, now, is our enemy? My grandfather was a Vietnam Veteran, and he always said his greatest enemy was the United States government.”
“Like now. Why the heck were we in Afghanistan other than to enrich the military industrial complex? Twenty years for what? And those are the ones eating a bullet, right? I’m right, aren’t I? At least 22 a day for their wasted sacrifice for PTSD, so they end up eating a bullet.”
“’Hearts and minds.’”
“Waste of time.”
“Why’s that?”
“Because, no matter what you’ve read, been taught or think, Islam is not ‘one of the world’s great religions.’ Heck, it’s not even a religion.”
“Then what is it?”
“It’s a ‘Death Cult’; nothing more, nothing less. And they’re using our laws to take us over and do us in, just what the NAZIs did to the German people in the 1930s. They used German laws to take over the country, including the disarming part.”
“I heard about them taking everyone’s guns. After that, it was all over; the German people didn’t have a chance since they couldn’t fight back.”
“So, what happens?”
“You want the truth? I don’t think you want the truth; all you want to hear is how the future is going to be nothing but happy smiles and cake. It’s getting chilly. What do you say we go down to the mess decks and grab a cup of joe and I’ll tell you what you don’t want to hear.”
“Fine with me. Let’s go.”
The sailors stand, stretch and exit stage right as the curtain lowers to the song “Beyond the Sea” (3:01). The auditorium lights brighten halfway. At the end of the song the auditorium lights dim as the curtain rises to the stage set as the mess decks of the destroyer. The original group is now twice the number.
“You were going to tell me what I don’t want to hear, right?”
“That’s right and furthermore, I can prove it.”
“This ought to be good. Go ahead and prove it to me and all the rest of us while you’re at it.”
“Remember when I said the NAZIs used the German laws to take over Germany?”
“Yes, I remember.”
“Well, the Muslims in our country are doing the same thing to us, little by little. First, they’ve convinced us Americans that Islam is a religion, so they compare it to Christianity. They like to say Islam is ‘misunderstood and peaceful’ but never mention its history for the past 1,400 years, how they treat women and dogs and everything else under the sun and how they conveniently ignore the daily senseless killings of the Hindus in India and the Christians in Africa and, to tell the truth, all their murders everywhere.”
“Surely our government wouldn’t allow Muslims to take over; why, they would have to get rid of the Constitution, now, wouldn’t they?”
“Nope, all they would do is circumvent the Constitution and implement Sharia Law. Look, our politicians are weak, and the United States maybe has 50 years, maybe less. The fact is we’re allowing the takeover to happen, plain as day, right in front of our eyes. And you wonder why so many Veterans are eating a bullet every day? Don’t.”
“Now what do you mean by that?”
“I mean they realize they’ve been lied to, that’s what. That their time ‘protecting the Constitution’ from enemies ‘foreign and domestic’ was nothing but a sham.”
“So, you’re saying we’re all fools for wearing the uniform; is that what you’re sayin’?”
“I sure hope not, but don’t be surprised to hear the call to prayer when you get back home.”
“You know what you are? You’re a bad apple, spreading discontent.”
“I told you so.”
“So you did, so you did.”
The house lights brighten as the curtain lowers to the music of “Anchors Aweigh” (2:21)
FINI
This play was written, directed and starred Henry.
Whereas Muslims’ “religion” is Islam, and;
Whereas Islam is intolerant of all other religions, and;
Whereas Islam embodies Sharia Law, and;
Whereas Sharia Law is antithetical to the U.S. Constitution, and;
Whereas every Congressional Muslim preaches nothing but distain for America,
Therefore to every Muslim in America I say: “You are not welcome here anymore!”
Amen.