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France went into the first world war because it had no choice the allies won the war with a population of thirty-eight million Eight and a half million were mobilized five point three million were killed 4 million hectares of land devastated 6 hundred thousand buildings destroyed 20 thousand factories destroyed nobody wins from the wars Iran and Iraq keep fighting Palestine keeps fighting, your buildings Now down around your knee's your children die your people flee you let anger rule your lives nobody wins from the wars you fight to promote your God But with his power, he can do anything he doesn't need your help he does not want his children dead Nobody wins from the wars thousands of missiles fired thousands of people bleed thousands of insults taken nobody wins from the wars you build your missile silo's more nuclear bombs do we make until someone makes them fire nobody wins from the wars the planet then empty and broken you destroy what your God created nobody wins from the wars but if we join united with money invest in new jobs your smiling children's faces can win forevermore In peace, we can work united to build the crops that we need, bring water out to the desert build lush fertile ground that is green Invest in desalination bring water from pipes to the land build jobs for a world united with arms that love people we see With time we could fertilize deserts build lush growing crops and new trees we can build together new cities where children have lives and can read

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Date: 1/7/2020 7:56:00 AM
Very good poetic expression, Bernard. Loved the theme and its flow. God bless you
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Bernard Barclay
Date: 1/7/2020 11:48:00 PM
I just hate to see the world-destroying itself, people make mistakes, perhaps the Americans attacked Iraq, based on the humour of weapons of mass destruction, now Trump stands up saying, "if Iran fights back, we will attack" and Iran not to be outdone, also stands up to say "we will not surrender" so they go to war and their children pay, with the loss of parents and the injury from bombs, how does anyone win.

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