Let us remember those who died
In an-other "war to end all wars"
We keep hearing the same line
Yet continue to line up
To die
"Defending" our country
More like the few who own
The country
It's not "our" country
It's the financial barrons who own all
It's the arms manufactures smiling as the Prez tweets war
It's the racist, sheltered, hate filled who ignore Jesus' command to "love thy enemy".
Big money in war
Big money in killing
Big corporations and small men making billions
Big devastation of bodies, families, land, water, present, future...
"I served my country"
Really? How? Why? Who told you that?
Did you question their ass-umpt-i-ons?
Did you question the motives?
I was told "We're blowing them up to bring democracy"
Wow, we are good people
Yet I see them devoured by our weapons of mass destruction
We are devoured by lies of mass destruction
Didn't anyone ever consider diplomacy?
Didn't anyone ever consider disarming EVERYONE?
Didn't anyone ever learn, as we did in Sunday School, to not retaliate?
Didn't anyone ever tell you that throwing stones [esp. super big ones] does hurt?
Yet we see the same profiteers jeering for more war
The lust for power, money and hegemony [ok, and oil]
Or is it the lust for blood
And the thrill of murder?
Or perhaps it's more
That those making the decisions
Are not on the front lines?
Like the poor who need a job
Put the presidents out there
Make him die for his country
Or for the corporation that pays him a hefty dividend
Money and corruption and corrupt souls are his buddies
Huh? An economy of violence: U.S. spends 60% of budget
On murder - More than the rest of the world
And who appointed a dotard as world leader?
We all need to be leaders/co-operators: not one man [or dotard]!
The romanticizes of war must end
The real suffering must be felt by the purveyors of violence
The truth that more war is not the answer must come forth
The blind sub-mission of soldiers, cops, all of us needs to stop!
If we refused to go to war
There would not be war
If we refuse to support this system
The system will shut down
It's time to stop being loyal to a party, ideology or a nation
And to unite with all creation: our human and non-human brothers and sisters
To bring life and healing and com-passion [feel with]!
To stop the hate and follow that Sunday School lesson!
*November 11 in Canada
