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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Rum-De-Dum-Dumb! Those drums are beating once again As we try to force our will, once more Has our government come to the point Thinking, all can be, resolved by war? Maybe with some more negotiations And the “resolve”, Bush speaks about Instead of, jumping the gun (no pun) The war in Iraq, we could be, without! Seems all they know is, threaten To send missiles, ships and planes But, as the war in Iraq proves The threats and problem, still remains. We always say, we just want peace And only, want to do what’s right If that is so, then I wonder why All we do is send our young to fight? Sometimes, in our short history We have had no other recourse Like during the Second World War We had no choice, but to use force. We have a huge diplomatic corps Who are supposed to use diplomacy Seems they need, a refresher course On what their job’s, supposed to be. But, that’s probably not too fair Because, the word comes from the top And the mentality of, “Bring them on!” Is stupid, and really needs to stop. We say, we are the greatest nation But, the way to prove that, true Is governed by the way we act And, by all of the things we do. We aren’t the Worlds policemen Although, at times, that’s how we act There are, other customs and beliefs Like it or not, that is, an actual fact! Too often, when we go to war It’s not for the reasons, that we say It’s so the corporations can get rich From the price of pain and death we pay. Ten thousand years man has had wars For one dumb reason or another Many times the battles fought Was with, brother against brother. If we truly are the greatest country With all the power we think we wield It seems we could find a better way Than on some bloody, battlefield. Let’s show we really are the leaders And try some brain, instead of brawn But, I guess that will be impossible Until, those DC “cowboys” are gone. 07.10.2007 "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.And when the drums of war reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has 'closed', the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry.Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all their rights unto the leader and gladly so.How do I know? For this is what I have done. AND I AM CAESAR." Unknown "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Theodore Roosevelt "You Can't Solve a Problem, with the Same Mind Set That Created It !" Albert Einstein interesting reading at http://www.hbci.com/~wenonah/new/war.htm Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. [This message has been edited by Abe (07-11-2008 04:16 PM).] |
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Robert E. Jordan Member Rara Avis
since 2008-01-25
Posts 8541Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Yo Abe, This is fine work, and I agree wit youse. Bobby |
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OLIAS Senior Member
since 2000-06-20
Posts 1090Pearl city Iowa |
In total agreement here, good write sir and an important message. Regards, OLIAS |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Powerful message in beautiful form. Thank you. Eric |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
I agree that in the Second World War we had no recourse but to use force, but I would like to add the Twin Towers...although bin Laden was supposed to be the object of the force...James |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! |
Yeah! And we'd have had him if we'd "stayed the course"! And four thousand might still be alive. Del "Abe" Jones |
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scoff Member
since 2008-07-04
Posts 71Georgia |
I'll let Mark Twain speak for me: "The loud little handful - as usual - will shout for the war. The pulpit will - warily and cautiously - object - at first; the great, big, dull bulk of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say, earnestly and indignantly, "It is unjust and dishonorable, and there is no necessity for it." Then the handful will shout louder. A few fair men on the other side will argue and reason against the war with speech and pen, and at first will have a hearing and be applauded; but it will not last long; those others will outshout them, and presently the anti-war audiences will thin out and lose popularity. Before long you will see this curious thing: the speakers stoned from the platform, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men who in their secret hearts are still at one with those stoned speakers--as earlier-- but do not dare to say so. And now the whole nation - pulpit and all - will take up the war-cry, and shout itself hoarse, and mob any honest man who ventures to open his mouth; and presently such mouths will cease to open. Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." Chapter 9, The Mysterious Stranger, 1910 Some things never change. |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Abe, Your message is heard and agreed with. Let's bring this back to the top for a bit. Alison |
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