{"id":18966,"date":"2026-03-16T18:42:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=18966"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:42:45","slug":"war-without-a-cause-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/war-without-a-cause-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"WAR WITHOUT A CAUSE — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

WAR WITHOUT A CAUSE<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

10-28-2023<\/p>\n

The Apostle James made it clear,
\nWhy people fight year after year.
\nNot happy with what they’ve got,
\nSo they yield to a greedy thought.<\/p>\n

Just grab land from a weaker one,
\nTho it means at the point of a gun.
\nFirst you invent some good reason,
\nThen on the enemy it’s open season.<\/p>\n

Send in the young to fight your war,
\nEspecially uneducated, and the poor.
\nFill heads with ideas of democracy,
\nBut hide well all of your hypocrisy.<\/p>\n

Convince them it is a noble cause,
\nFor when they face old death’s jaws,
\nWith patriotic pride, they will all die,
\nTho your war was just based on a lie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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