“How powerful your tank is, General”

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“How powerful your tank is, General,

It can wipe out a forest,

It can crush a hundred people.

But it has one flaw:

It needs a driver.”

In this anti-war poem, German poet and playwright Berthold Brecht expresses his concern about the consequences of war. But he also emphasizes an important human element. What use is a tank without a driver?