Nothing wrong with a righteous war,
Just not on American soil.
When Nine Eleven hit our core
Deaths and cleanup all tears and toil.
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Doggerel Dave (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Care to define 'righteous'?.......... Not unaware on personal level: "...the decision by those with a long life ahead of them forced to make a choice to burn or jump. Firies (firefighters) and others who risked or lost their lives in attempted rescue". - part response to Arquis on the same topic.
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American by birth I hear you Dave there is a warm bed for cynicism on a cold day. Righteous is like beauty in the eye of the beholder. Set by myopic views of past injustice and who's God is bigger than another's. A poem with the beauty of clean rhymed skin under which lies the cancer of its powerful meaning. So much strength in so few words. A fave my friend.
Covered that nicely, I think Soren. Enjoyed the kudos and fave alao, mate
Well deserved and my pleasure my friend
A righteous war is one where you leave your country, blast the hell out of another country, and go home to a fanfare.
What isn't righteous, is someone coming back and blasting you to bits, just not cricket.
The great thing now, You don't need to mobilise, you just need long range drones.
Anyone who saw the robot olympics in China, especially from a military point of view, would realise that is the future armies.
A lucid two line definition Sir, if you don't mind me saying so.
For me, I think humanoid robots as cannon fodder is a proposition as yet an open question. Airborn drones seem to be the thing. But as yet no diminution in the popularity of war...
Dave, four lines and nowhere to hide. The anger cuts straight through the hypocrisy of mourning violence in the USA while accepting it elsewhere. Powerful write, my friend. 🌹🖤🙏🕯️🐦⬛
Thanks muchly,Tristan. I must say in passing, I'm getting a much more understanding response than I did last year. But there was a poet here then, she seems to have disappeared....
Your response to me is even clearer, more straightforward than my piece,Tristan. A well reviewed thanks again.
This is th comment I put on Arqios's words.
I think that every body remembers what they were doing that day Rik. I worked in computing in an open plan office normally the telephones were going very frequently, that afternoon there was not one telephone call!
Andy
A number of days like that, Andy; When pres. Kennedy was assasinated, and several Aussi icons.
Nothing to add here on a macro level?
Powerful and poignant.
Thanks Thomas. That, as is often said here, means a lot. And, as I rarely mention it, really does mean a lot.
Your words resonate with me ✌️💐sorry for the late response- my laptop crashed, had guests, and ongoing festival visits claiming attention full time 🤔
Beyond a crashed laptop, you sound like you lead a very full life. The mention of 'festival visits' cunjures all manner of images in my mind, mostly gleaned from Bollywood, I'm afraid !
Your call is welcome anytime, whenever - surely you know that by now?
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