{"id":9626,"date":"2026-03-16T19:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=9626"},"modified":"2026-03-30T02:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:21:35","slug":"we-always-go-to-war-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/we-always-go-to-war-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"WE ALWAYS GO TO WAR — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

WE ALWAYS GO TO WAR<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

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

11-20-2016<\/p>\n

Since many years ago as a little boy,
\nIt seems there’s always been a ploy,
\nA widespread lie and politician’s toy,
\nThat says we must always go to war.<\/p>\n

North Koreans were once the war song,
\nThat is till the Viet Cong came along,
\nThen al-Qaeda & Afghans did us wrong,
\nAnd so once again we went to war.<\/p>\n

Saddam and those Iraqis then came next,
\nISIS and Iranians, our souls they vexed,
\nAs for Bashar, so many lives he wrecked,
\nThus again we looked for another war.<\/p>\n

They never stop, there’s always a reason,
\nMake a new enemy, it’s again open season,
\nPolitical warmongering seems like treason,
\nYet still they’ll start another new war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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