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Page from Punisher: Born. Issue #4. Written by the amazing Garth Ennis.

I read this for maybe the 5th time again today and was struck by how prescient this passage is and how todays GOP is pushing for another war, likely to appease the Great Beast.

Why can we not learn?
First panel: Soldier grabbing bloody face with word balloon that says: "There is a Great Beast loose in the world of men." Second panel: same soldier with word balloons that read: "It awoke in dark times to fight a terrible enemy. It stormed through Europe, across the far Pacific, and crushed evil that it found there underfoot. But when it was victorious, when the crooked cross and the rising sun were done with, the Great Beast's keepers found that it would not go back to sleep. The Beast has many heads and on its heads are written names: Lockheed. Bell. Monsanto. Dow. Grumman. Colt. And many more." Third panel: Soldier has moved his hands and we see his melted and bloody face, word balloon reads: "And they are very hungry." Forth panel, soldier is face down on the ground as enemy soldiers run by, word balloons read: "So the Great Beast must be fed: and every generation our country goes to war to do just that. A war for war's sake, usually. And one that could have been avoided. But there must be blood, in extraordinary quantities, and whether it is foreign or American is of no consequence at all."
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM