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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.

ecargo 30-Jan-07/7:15 AM
Who knew we had so many military minds here at the 'ranker? Better technology, you say--but that was Rumsfeld's vision from the start. He was going to transform the military--make it faster, stronger, more mobile by harnessing the power of cutting-edge technology to win the war "in weeks," remember? It was going to be a "cakewalk" by dint of our technological/scientific superiority. Your "solution" was smashed to pieces long, long ago. So you not only fail, you fail retroactively.





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