War The Nature Of The Beast: Ww2 Fire Storm Bombings To Gaza Poem by Terence George Craddock

war due to the nature of the beast
is machine industrialized indifferent
to who or what gets killed bullets buzzing
stinging are indifferent to friend or foe ethics;
rifles will indiscriminate kill whatever gets
in front of bullets fired enemy fire friendly
fire misidentified targets in kill zone die
grenades mortars artillery shells rockets;

will kill mutilate lives within their kill zone
soldiers civilians men women children caught
in kill range zone die civilizations scientists;
invent weapons of terror weapons designed
to inflict terror brutal death on battlefields
Nazi blitz was deliberate bombing of London;

English cities incendiaries used create fire storms
revenge termination of WW2 eighty to ninety percent
of target selected German cities were bombed to ruins;
Bomber Command selects Cologne Germany as target
for the first 1,000-bomber raid by the Royal Air Force
Codenamed Operation Millennium an RAF massive raid
introduces area bombing fire carpets night May 30 1942;

Operation Gomorrah: Hamburg July 24 to August 3 1943
round-the-clock bombing aiming for terror total destruction
Battle Berlin: German capital November 1943 to March 1944
February 3 1945 is the largest USAAF raid 1,500 bombers;

firestorm raids are glow in dark mass hell on earth devastation;

Dresden: joint British American aerial bombing four raids
13 and 15 February 1945 772 RAF heavy bombers plus
527 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped
over 3,900 tons high-explosive bombs incendiary devices;
bombing resulting firestorm destroyed over 1,600 acres
(6.5 km2) in the city centre 25,000 people were killed
3 more USAAF raids will occur on 2 March aimed at
city's railway marshalling yard 17 April industrial areas;

2014 estimates are 353,000 German civilians are killed
in strategic bombings of target railways harbours cities
reduced from early 410,000 German civilians bombs killed
but men women children mothers babies were burned;

Japanese casualties of nuclear bombs the atomic bombings
of Hiroshima Nagasaki "Little Boy" dropped on Hiroshima
instantly killed 80,000 people "Fat Man, " dropped on Nagasaki
killed 74,000 deaths most Japanese casualties turned to ash in
a flash were civilians the lucky instant painless deaths
horror suffering radiation poisoning killed 110,000 to
210,000 still killing victims years after victory Japan
was declared in contrast the terror fire bombing of Tokyo;

killed over 200,000 countries invade defeat has serious
consequences Hamas invaded Israel murdered civilians
Israel invaded the Gaza Strip 35,000 dead still climbing
Hamas if wise would release all hostages end the war;

Hamas claims to fight for liberation claims
all Israel is Palestine is an Arab Islamic land
Hamas does not recognize Jesus Christ lived
a Jew in Israel in a Roman Empire occupation;

in a Jewish land
a Jewish religion
Islam did not exist;

Israel claims it is fighting Hamas in a war of survival
Israel claims Hamas aims to totally destroy Jewish Israel
hate breeds war war breeds war people who hate refuse
to live in peace prosperity together suffer a war disease;

people who pray for peace love peace not war prosper;
there are blessings in living in peace curses living in war
if Hamas could turn back the clock not attack Israel in
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October 2023 would;

Hamas enlightened choose peace bless their people in peace?


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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