The Conclusion of a National Service Man
President Nixon's national flags campaign
(incidentally rejected by the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson).
(contemn, origin: old French: contemner - to despise)
For us to go to war they lied,
And that is why we went and died,
To add our flag, with theirs to fly,
And no one thought to question why.
Conscripted, and we trusted them,
Never thinking they'd contemn their people.
Those then, who blindly cast their votes
Slaughtered us. We then, their sacrificial goats.
Mar 2, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 at 4:42 PM UTC
The Conclusion of a National Service Man
President Nixon's national flags campaign
(incidentally rejected by the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson).
(contemn, origin: old French: contemner - to despise)
For us to go to war they lied,
And that is why we went and died,
To add our flag, with theirs to fly,
And no one thought to question why.
Conscripted, and we trusted them,
Never thinking they'd contemn their people.
Those then, who blindly cast their votes
Slaughtered us. We then, their sacrificial goats.
Warfare is an extreme. It should not be indulged lightly.
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