ARMY- do we not need it at al0l

I came across this interesting poem and thought it to be a must read for all concerned citizens.

A Soldier's Letter To Our Dear President
While we awaited the pay commission bounty
The IAS got there first
and now, President Aunty
We have no choice but to be blunt
We are third class citizens,
though manning the front
The bureaucrats who decide things for us
Have truly shown their animus
And we who defend our dear nation
Have again been shown our lower station
When the seventh pay commission comes around
We will no doubt lose more ground
Then Colonels would equal civilian clerks
In salary, status and other perks
Generals will wait
on worn out chairs Outside IAS Officers' lairs
A once proud service is now so degraded
That though their uniforms still be braided
They are demoralised and wait to retire
And then take up their pens to fire
At those they served all their life
In times of peace and in times of strife
The lesson from this,
our children we tell Is that,
if in life you want to do well
And this, I am sure,
every soldier endorses
Do not ever join the forces
Just become a doctor or a pleader
Perhaps, even better,
a political leader Or an IAS officer,
with his red light
Why face the enemy, why risk a fight
When the nation you guard
does not value you much
And treats you merely like a handy crutch
To support the government in civil disorder
Or when the enemy threatens the border
But when the time comes to share the pie
They get all antsy and ask - why???

So Madam President, hear us out
A change is going to come about
And we,
the most courageous of all
Will soon be replaced by the petty and small
Alas,
your government would be squarely to blame
For this avoidable national shame