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IanonimaI 2006-06-17 ch 1,	Beautiful and sad. But is the true. Amazing job!
Aluminum Tinkerbell 2006-05-19 ch 1,	Wow. Hey, and it's a new record! This has left me speechless. (cue the 'holy..'s) Amazing job. I praise you for not being one of those stupid mindless people who think 'war is all for the greater good. (cue the 'AKA people like Brian's) This is going on my favorites, as it is no doubt on many others. (Cue the 'yes, I am hyper, right now'.) Amazing job!
Unimportant 2005-10-20 ch 1,	Beautiful and terribly sad. Thank you so much for this.
Noir Noir 2005-09-17 ch 1,	This is a terribly sad poem, but well-written and true. I applaud you for writing this.
Purr-fit little angel 2005-06-25 ch 1,	...
Arm 2005-03-09 ch 1,	truly amazing. left me speechless really. and thats saying something, cuz i never shut up.
Hawklen 2004-11-24 ch 1,	This poem, in a way, left me speechless. It is utterly beautiful and thought provoking
happy thing 2004-08-18 ch 1,	very well written and very true as well. bravo.
Turtlez 2004-04-19 ch 1,	wow I loved it! very well written, i captures the readers (my) heart. review my back please
Fantine-Black 2004-04-14 ch 1,	Beautiful, sad poem, about a topic that needs to be discussed. I know first hand that war breeds a hate that lasts for generations. I've experienced it myself. In WW2, Germany invaded Holland among many other countries, and started a five year long reign of terror. The German soldiers thought they were fighting for a just cause, they thought they were right, they stood behind their leader. My German grandfather fought at Stalingrad, and came back blind, with diabetes. My Dutch grandfather's brother was a hero of the resistance, but the German authorities called what he did terrorism, and killed him. Who was right? It doesn't matter. Both my grandparents have suffered. But my Dutch grandfather has never stopped hating, and now my father hates as well. 60 years after the war, many Dutch people still think all Germans nazi's. I'm half German half Dutch, and have been called a nazi because of that. Fifty years after the war ended. By seven year old children. America, you don't want that to happen to you. The hate will last much longer than your president's reign, and it will cause more sorrow. I think everybody should read these words by Wolfgang Borchert, a German war veteran of WW2, who died in his twenties two years after the war ended: "You. Factory worker. When they order you tomorrow to stop making pipes and pots and start making helmets and machine guns, there is but one thing to be done: Say NO! You. Reverend. When they order you tomorrow to bless murder and sanctify war, there is but one thing to be done: Say NO! You. Mother in Normandy, and mother in the Ukraine, you, mother in Frisko and London, you, by the Huangho and the Mississippi, you, mother in Napels and Hamburg and Cairo and Oslo- mothers of all continents, mothers of the world, when they order you to bear children, nurses for field hospitals and soldiers for new battles, there is but one thing to be done: Say NO!" And then he goes on to describe the hells of war, the choking in the gas, the questions of the children, WHY, and says it can happen tomorrow, or even tonight- if you don't say NO! It is a brilliant anti-war book, even better than "Nothing new on the western front", and still true. Your poem has a similiar message, and it is the most important message of all.
Willow Elandria 2004-03-22 ch 1,	wow... beautiful. and unfortunately, so true. i especially love stanza 6.
invisiblebob 2004-03-04 ch 1,	Interesting poem...it reminds me of something: "Wars are the inevitable consequence of a broken world in which freedom must be bought with blood, misery, and death. Isn't it interesting that there is another freedom that was paid for by one man's blood, misery, and death?"
Boadicia 2004-02-04 ch 1,	Wow. This was incredibly powerful and moving. My best friend's older brother was killed in Iraq, so I can really relate.
ZealWarrior 2003-12-29 ch 1,	-I agree with the message of the poem, I really do. It was well written, the prose was good, albeit a bit repetitive. -As for the whole justification of the war, I don't see how the war on Iraq was justified. Remember, this is just debate, I'm not flaming anyone, but Thomasina Aquina1, you said "I still think that we should stand united as a country behind our leader as much as possible" but not everything a leader decides is true and good. Hitler commanded his people in WW2, it doesn't mean what he was doing was just, because it really wasn't. As for the "Iraqi legacy, the Iraqi children and the Iraqis future...", yes, that is important but many of these children have died, many civilians have been killed by soldiers and according to recent polls, 90% of the Iraqis want the US Army out of there. -Here, check out these links: http://w.bushspeaks.com/home.asp?did=151&dir=b and http://w.bushspeaks.com/home.asp?did=149&dir=b -It doesn't seem exactly like the rights of the POWs are being upheld. So please, know that not every war is justified just because a leader says so. -And I hardly see how violence will stop violence. WW1 was "the war to end all wars", but no such thing happened. Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. used non-violence, and I see that today Indians and African Americans are free people. That is the true method for peace, not more violence.
Rhyssa Dragonlady 2003-12-04 ch 1,	Brilliant. I'm going to whine about the long-line format, but brilliant.

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