Hot Type: The Die is Cast
American political correspondent Heidi Siegmund Cuda tries to make sense of a truly terrible week in the history of America
Julius Caesar stood on the banks of the Rubicon River contemplating the fate of his country and the world. The legions were expressly forbidden to return to the city of Rome for the Roman Senate knew very well that if they did, the Republic would lost.
Caesar is reputed to have uttered the words “the die is cast”, as he ordered his troops to make the crossing.
Ever since Caesar’s pivotal decision, mankind has understood that the deployment of a nation’s armies against its own people marks the end of that nation.
The United States has long maintained the fig leaf of distinguishing between the para-military National Guard, and the actual United States Military. Now that fig leaf is gone, and with it, goes the Republic.
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