One More Gun

If one man will murder another
then you can have war
If the soldier on the left
will kill the solder on the right
if the pilot will release the bombs
if the corpsman will patch up the wounded
if the chaplain will bless the carnage
if the mullahs will bless the carnage
if the president will bless the carnage
if the mother
of the son
who pulls the trigger
who wears the bomb
who fires the missile
will bless the carnage and sacrifice her child
then you can have war
you can have bodies in bags
and boxes
and mass graves
you can have collateral damage
a million or more
or just the one that matters
if you will justify murder
if patriotism or fanaticism
will replace a higher order
then you can have war
but if and only if
and that's the irony


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