Security?
Does security have a going rate?
What, precisely, is the calculation
Demanded by protecting the nation
And its capital? It’s the other state,
Of course, aggressively belligerent
And quite determined to get its own way,
Which is responsible for this outlay
On our proud military deterrent.
Whatever’s spent, the other then spends more,
Thereby by forcing increased expenditure,
But never enough, it seems, to be sure
Peace will be achieved and maintained through war.
When they attack their aggression’s immense,
When we attack it’s always self-defence.
D. A.