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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-07/4:54 PM
Do you really think that the average Muslim on the streets of Baghdad really cares that much about what's going on in America? It doesn't matter about one's religious leanings; once you make peoples' lives comfortable, the majority are not going to want to get off their backsides because another bunch of people are decadent. You might still get a zealot or two, but in a world of billions that is totally unavoidable.

Besides, we used to say* that the Irish would never be reconciled, and look at the progress there.

*okay, so *I* never actually said that, but the people who were alive and fighting then did.




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