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(Context :2015 World Military Expenditure is $1563 Billion)
If a war did happen now,
How many countries
will have a say?
Will a few countries
hold the triggers
And others made to
bend and sway
These weapons we all pile up
Will it be used at all
Or will it be gutted
in the first blitz
before the enemies
first foot fall
But if it does go
out of hand.
One possibility
is that men nuke
each others motherland
And bring about
humanities final stand
So imagine
the colossal waste
How many soldiers
in readiness must stay?
How many families
must worry and pray?
How many missiles
sit idle
With huge potential
to wreck havoc on our rival
How many guns
firing blanks in training?
How many bullets
used against dummies?
Do bombs expire?
Do they have a
best before date?
Now by chance
All men turn to peace
And take an oath
Not to choke
the other's throat
Imagine the money
we can put in
education and health
Imagine the man months
we can use to increase
Earth's natural wealth
How many wars we could fight
against hunger and disease
How many roads and bridges
we can build with ease
Well sadly it ain't happening!!
So let's maintain this status quo
I don't kill you
You don't kill me
We hope that
the bombs with us
act as a deterrent
against a possible war
So till men don't evolve
or God does not intervene.
Work hard and pay taxes
to maintain our arsenal
at the cutting edge of peace!
(Written by Jibrael Jos)
(India spends around $50 billion)
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