We Are a Peaceful People
Peter Schultz
We are a peaceful people
We embraced slavery and its profits
But we are a peaceful people
We annihilated the indigenous
But we are a peaceful people
We marched to the sea
But we are a peaceful people
We have humongous “defense” budgets
But we are a peaceful people
We make war continuously
But we are a peaceful people
We assassinate repeatedly
But we are a peaceful people
We glamorize the military with “Special Forces”
But we are a peaceful people
We bomb without blinking
But we are a peaceful people
We torture and dehumanize
But we are a peaceful people
We pray for peace but vote for war
But we are a peaceful people.