Blight means ruin and disaster. Words and phrases that indicate and support this meaning are: "the last bitter hour" (denoting death), "stern agony, and shroud, and pall" (also denoting death, but this time in an even more literal way), "breathless darkness", "make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart" (these phrases definitely imply a disaster that takes our breath away).
Well they were good friends then Brutus was in the act of helping kill Julius sooo yeah
B.) All americans must be prepared to fight for the safety and freedom of the united states.