<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414253" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Country Lied</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I lack the urge but have the skill.<br>My country taught me how to kill.<br>I had no choice could not refuse <br>nobody asked me for my views.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They said my country needed <br>to subjugate the enemy.<br>I was still young, green and naïve.<br>That I was sure I should believe</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> that what they told me must be true.<br>That it was something I should do.<br> But I discovered in due course<br> we were fighting to enforce</div><div style="margin:10px 0">on those with just cause for dissent.<br> A very unjust settlement, <br> the promises my country made <br>and did not keep. We now forbade</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> their self determination.<br> The right of every nation, <br> it was battle we must lose.<br>The people have the right to choose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To be an independent state<br>no longer seen as second rate.<br>Which they achieved eventually<br>they were not just a colony.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On looking back it seems to me<br>my country lied apparently.<br>An abuse of authority<br> I will not forget easily.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I lack the urge but have the skill.<br> My country taught me how to kill.<br> Though I can say with confidence<br>I’d only kill in self defence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">23-Jun-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414253" data-title="My Country Lied de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="I lack the urge but have the skill. My country taught me how to kill. I had no choice could not refuse nobody asked me for my views. They said my country needed to subjugate the enemy. I was still young, green and naïve. That I was sure I shou..."></div> </div> </div>

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