Business Transaction

(Cynical) What do you do with this? This is not a war. No, this a business transaction, this will not be a war. This is a nuclear option; bomb for bomb, missile for missle, and city for city. All of these are business transactions, more nuclear destruction, a pity. They say it will start very small; just a tactical strike. A quick precision kill; missile, shell, bomb or the like. No, it won't escalate; no country would ever want that. No one expects retaliation; there'll be no tit for tat. There are so many different options from which one may choose, The most popular choice, of course, is the one where you don't lose. But there will be collateral damage, in that we all agree, From approximately three million people up to at least thirty. And to take out that many people, those bombs will all be dirty. So we will have radiation for many thousands of years, But some scientists believe it may not be as bad as it appears. Many people will survive, annihilation will not be complete. The earth will recover in time, But the survivors will still need to eat. Maybe there will be a transaction, or maybe there will be even more. After all, a nuclear transaction is much different from a nuclear war.