The Business of War

 

Only the names change
as history plays
on perpetual loop

Like a classic movie

Worn but still relevant

The formula
for modern war:

CREATE DEMAND

Terror groups well financed
sprout like weeds

Infecting our fun house internet
by calling us bad names
and trolling their God in our face
like we did to them in the Crusades

Wreaking havoc
with our pals
the human rights
challenged sheiks
who feed us
our fossil fuel fix

We are afraid !!

The heathens are at our gates!!

Danger lurks
behind every oil well!!

When influenced
and manipulated
properly
the masses fearfully
line up
and pound the drums
for war

Politicians on the take
and media lackeys
quickly fall into formation

PROVIDE SUPPLY

War is never cheap
in our capitalist 
military industrialist 
complex economy

Luckily
we've got plenty 
of companies who windfall profit
from Homeland Insecurity

Taxpayers got deep pockets
when it comes
to not getting
our boys decapitated
by masked fiends

Pom pom politicians
macho talk
and stop fighting
with each other
to unite
in a flag waving orgy
to preserve our way of life
by killing
the latest reviled bad guys

And away we go

The money flows

No ideology 
to defeat
like the Cold War

Gotta rally the nation

One more time...

CA CHING!!

A steady flow

of death income
for the rest of the century
to the crafters of instability

These war profiteers
who behind the scenes
have pulled the strings
throughout human history

All they need is a boogie man

A simple embodiment of evil
the media can fixate on

Saddam

Bin Laden

Isis

Any Muslim will do

Cartoon villains
straight out
of central casting

Create demand

Provide supply

Manufacture them both

Corner the market

The war merchants 
soak up the blood money
from the comfort
and safety
of their palatial gated estates

The beat goes on

Only the casualty names change