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War--an Epigram
by Alan Cook → (All Poetry by Alan Cook)
Sunday, August 27, 2017 Rated "G" by the Author.

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The old men send the young to die in war, But if the roles were reversed, what then the score?

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on August 29, 2017

More fertile young men left to create more young men and, therefore, more old man to decide that they wanted to go to war as a better way to die than to suffer in bed or a hospital until the inevitable finally comes.

Short and sweet. �War! What's it good for! Absolutely nothin'!�

Ron

Reviewed by Susanne Leist

Reviewed on August 27, 2017

A slower, more sedate war?

Reviewed by John Domino

Reviewed on August 27, 2017

Good question! After 9/11 I called my Air Force recruiter and wanted back in after serving 24 years. Give me a good reason to fight for what is right and this older man will take a stand. Many others feel the same way. Amen!

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton

Reviewed on August 27, 2017

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