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Alternatives (Free verse) by Dovina

Let the war go on three more brutal years. Double our losses, double theirs too. It’s worth the cost if during that time technologists come to our cure for a sickness we all endure. If by then the carnage persists, admit we’re defeated, sit down with the winners. Save what we can of all we admire, And give them their wishes, as much as we must to stop the killings and grant us some peace. So, you with the math, the physics, the code, we give you three years of our blood and our souls. Go into battle with all of your heart, Root out the evil, force them to stop, because you, my friends, are all that we’ve got.

Ranger 30-Jan-07/4:18 PM
Why even bother with sending them packages of aid (or even AIDS. Actually, spreading AIDS through the Middle East might liven things up a little)? They don't need freebie food, they need reliable sources of energy and water, and working hospitals and other social focal points. It doesn't take a genius to work this out, so why don't we seem to have even started actually trying to make life better for the natives? Image is nothing, which is good news for me because if I keep on coming out with this pimply logic I'm going to need some super-industrial facewash.

Admittedly, it's not as though the English can talk about having effective hospitals.




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