...I am truly sorry if I herein upset anyone with my opinion, as I just found out that a young man whom I have known all his life, since infancy, was just killed in Iraq...that is NOT a war, it is a police action, just as Korea and Vietnam was called...but I do believe that this young man felt it was a WAR, he was a soldier doing his duty, and he would have done so anywhere they sent him...he was an honorable young man that deserved better, he deserved being home getting caught in the back seat of his car with a girl and drinking beer, not being shot in the back by some poor Iraqi child who did not understand what he was doing...*ed*
…War & Peace…
This hurts me to think and admit to,
But peace cannot be achieved,
Without further war…
War has been the way that man,
Has ended famine, by killing off those in need,
War is the ONLY way man knows to extend life,
Wars do bring to humanity no peace its true ,
They do however seem to advance medicine,
Also wars do bring to society, patriotism,
Something this country (US) has sorely lacked,
Please don’t misunderstand me herein,
I don’t like war, I wish for peace, I write for change,
But war is inevitable, death and hatred for mankind,
Something we cannot change, my point please don’t misconstrue …
Peace is fleeting, a momentary break in time,
So small is this break, almost as long as this rhyme,
The best example of said break,
Is the time between the first and second world wars,
Peace had been achieved, at a cost no one wanted,
Till the next tyrant or maniacal leader came into the fray,
Then came the Second World War, so painful this write,
It does bring on for me, dismay…
War unfortunately has to be,
There is no argument, even herein God can see,
Count the wars we know of in history,
So many, we wonder why or how they could be allowed,
From the present all the way back to the Crusades,
War has been a part of mankind; the next could bring a mushroom cloud,
Though through each and everyone,
People who believed in peace did scream out aloud…
Where did it get them, was the war stopped, did our troops come home?
It is not up to the general population of any country,
It is up to the leader’s who “think” they are doing the right thing,
Flag waving & patriotic speeches do not a war end,
Not sending out boys to other countries to fight,
Keep them home; keep them here to protect their homes,
THAT IS THE ONLY THING I CAN SEE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED RIGHT!!!
© ed ~ 10/20/04
Share
Print
Save
Follow
It saddens me that people throw around the word "Patriot" with no regard for the ideals and the wishes that originally made this country great: that each American must fight to preserve what is important. For those of us on the left, when we believe America is on the wrong road, we fight to bring her back. She's so far down the wrong road right now, it may be beyond my lifetime before she recovers.
Make no mistake, this was not a war, it was an invasion. If the Iraqi's choose for themselves in January, someone to lead them, it had better be someone Bush approves, or he will never let them be. Is that Democracy? Or, as he, himself, clearly said: a dictatorship. ("as long as I'm the dictator") Amazing, how those things get brushed aside. If Kerry had said that, even in jest, the spin on it would knock the teeth out of anyone standing within a thousand miles of him.
Your poem, here, Ed, is provocative, thoughtful, well-penned and should blast people awake. Alas, it will take its place in the archives, as so many other 'needed-to-be-said' pieces you and the rest have written lately. I'm listening.... will always. katy xox.
And you are absolutely right; war seems to be somehow a part of humanity's nature, and it has been ever since men first walked upon the planet. As the so called most intelligent creature on Earth, one would truly think that we would have learned our lesson by now; but we haven't; and I seriously doubt we ever will.
War is futile, if the goal is really peace. But, that has never been the real goal, has it? I think "greed" is more appropriate. (For power, control, profit).
And more and more, I think it is the fault of male hormones. My solution (that came to mind in the mid of night) would be to blanket the planet in a fog of female hormones. World peace can not be accomplished until the male species is rendered effeminant, imo.
Females do not function with a gang mentality - they cat-fight, one on one. That requires no armies, no weapons of mass destruction, and results in a lot less blood. (Excuse the tongue-in-cheek attitude, but I am trying to make a point.)
All leadership is essentially held by men. My leaders are defying treaties and escalating the arms race - a race toward global death.
"Nyah, Nyah, my weapon's bigger than your weapon." - While it might be true for the moment, it only motivates others to invent a bigger one. And remember, it's not the size that matters, it's how you use it!
Iraq is offensive. (Very offensive to me). Our children need to come home and be American citizens and protectors, not stay to be Iraq's occupiers.
My heart bleeds for the children of both nations.
And yet, as I said, I am an optimist. This is a pivotal time in world history. I truly believe that from these tragic deaths, some positive change may yet come - a renewal of spirit and determination of the American people to turn this country and its policies around.
The loss of your friend brings the need for this home.
Yes Ed I agree with every word you penned here!!
My heart goes out to you ..take care okay!!
Love tinka
...Michael
Very truthful opinions and very painful write. Sorry .
Allen
Donni-Jay x
sorry for you loss and the loss of all those who have given up their lives for their country in the name of peace ...