In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort. ↗
The leader can never close the gap between himself and the group. If he does, he is no longer what he must be. He must walk a tightrope between the consent he must win and the control he must exert. ↗
So, poetry becomes a means for useful dialogue between people who are not only unknown, but mute to each other. It produces a dialogue among people that guards all of us against manipulation by our so-called leaders. ↗