War - The Three Isms Poem by Paul Warren

War results from one or more of the following isms
Imperialism, Militarism and finally Nationalism
Imperialism when a country wants to control and spread
Militarism when there becomes a cult of the dead
Or Nationalism when a country thinks it's always right
And the flag is flown when you are looking for the fight
It seems that some people can't seem to find happiness
Until they feel they are better than the rest

And if you take things down to dollar terms
The ones that profit from all war are the firms
In the Great War the Germans paid $2300 to kill an Allied soldier
Whilst the British paid $7500 to kill every German soldier
Rememberthat what came out of that war was German National Socialism
And for the Russians again losers from that war it was Russian Communism
So in the end brave soldiers die or are maimed in war
And profits and totalitarianism are found what's more.

© Paul Warren Poetry