Urban Warfare

 

Justification is worn uniformly regardless of a militant’s sex or religion. Attitudes of genocide or superiority permeate cultures as bombs, rockets, tanks, planes, suicide vests

 

and propaganda are dutifully prepared. Oppression causes opposition requiring further suppression of revolution. Insane violence is worshiped as the ultimate solution.

        

Surgical devastation with 2000 pound bombs and intimidation with blind rockets aimed

at seas of houses shrilly scream destruction, death and equally determined defiance.

 

Broken rubble and scorched land bear fruit of further bitterness that spirals upward

and deeper inward. Wounds never heal as scabs are picked at till blood red infected.

 

Prejudice feeds injustice perpetuating an intolerant generational cycle. Vile words bristle

with deep seated resentment in dialogue punctuated with incendiaries and explosives.

 

White hot fires voraciously feeding on military tactics and zealous energy for terror

fuel guerrillas, gunmen, troops and commanders waging war with imprecision.

 

Truth is lost faster than scores of innocents as technology supposedly neutralizes

theaters of operation and large amounts of overwhelming force are applied liberally.

 

Morals contradict methods as equitable dialogue fails due to distrust and discord.

Obvious as history repeated are answers found in coexistence and mutual respect.

 

Reviews

[Alana McGuire]

I read this over and over and over again and again. I loved how it jumps right in and holds the reader's complete attention and never drops it a bit. I was so glad you entered this in my contest. Thank you very much for such a magnificent read. :)

[Wondering Mind]

No wonder this one won. I congratulate you, but more so commend highly your pen.

[Ed Hart]

our bodies left the jungle, but our minds did not...and the fact that there are 6 plus billion of us is a further aggravation, not to mention that the pirates found work in board rooms