Why? You ever fought in a war?
No; I have not. The draft ended before I was 18 & I never volunteered.
Conservatives are always bitching about people living off the government so, I never did that.
But, then, that is not the point; is it? No, it isn't.
America requires some 'pruning' just as a tree requires pruning for continued good health.
The tree is way over due; comprende'?
Resorting to a Civil War would be akin to pruning a tree with hand grenades.
We've had exactly one in our history for a reason.
Yep; because Lincoln hated the concept of 'states right'
But that's OK; ole Abe got his.
Nah, I think it was all the death and the horrific ways they died. My opinion.
War Is Kind
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind,
Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky
And the affrighted steed ran on alone,
Do not weep.
War is kind.
Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,
Little souls who thirst for fight,
These men were born to drill and die.
The unexplained glory flies above them.
Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom—
A field where a thousand corpses lie.
Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.
Because your father tumbles in the yellow trenches,
Raged at his breast, gulped and died,
Do not weep.
War is kind.
Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.
Mother whose heart hung humble as a button
On the bright splendid shroud of your son,
Do not weep.
War is kind!
S. Crane