Posted by James McPherson on September 28, 2008
Here is the complete 20-part series chronicling the history of George W. Bush’s Iraq War, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history.
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Axis of evil
For sake of definition
Can’t beat the devil
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God’s soldiers attack
Saudi pilots slam towers
Time to hit Iraq
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They ripped out our heart
We must avenge them all
Chickenhawks are thrilled
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Three thousand were killed
Nine-eleven is the call
We win at Wal-Mart
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Yes, we must attack
We can’t find bin Laden’s cave
So we’ll bomb Iraq
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Bray it long and loud
Bush’s war will protect us
From a mushroom cloud
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Why attack Saddam?
Weapons of mass destruction
None there? We’ll be damned
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Please world wish us well
And God bless America
Killing infidels
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Flags throughout the land
Jingoistic fervor reigns
Don a black armband
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Let’s not be out-Foxed
Lapel flags in great demand
How about those Sox?
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Don’t count on the press
To learn what’s fact or fiction
The real truth? Just guess
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Soldiers bravely toil
Thousands come home draped with flags
From their war for oil
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God save George the King
Chinese car magnets for troops
Who don’t mean a thing
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War is hell, he said
As if he had ever been
Your kids go instead
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Shake bittersweet Rice
From a sheltered brittle Bush
Harvest has its price
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Watch for terrorists
Those who’d offer civil rights
Must be communists
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They’ve not hit again
Three-fourths as good as Clinton
Check back in oh-ten
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Now the country’s broke
Try to change the rationale
Use mirrors and smoke
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Go to war we can
If we must we must, they say
What about Iran?
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Politicians’ game
Spin the bottle or the truth
Ending up the same
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Posted by James McPherson on September 26, 2008
This is the 15th of a series related to Bush’s war, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history. Also see Warku #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, and #14.
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Shake bittersweet Rice
From a sheltered brittle Bush
Harvest has its price
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Posted in History, Poetry, Politics, Written elsewhere | Tagged: Bush administration, Bush's war, Condi Rice, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, haiku, Iraq War, justification for war, Poetry, protest, rationale for war, war for oil, war is hell, war on terror, warku | Leave a Comment »
Posted by James McPherson on September 25, 2008
This is the 14th of a series related to Bush’s war, perhaps the most astoundingly stupid presidential event in American history. Also see Warku #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, and #13.
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War is hell, he said
As if he had ever been
Your kids go instead
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Posted in History, Poetry, Politics, Written elsewhere | Tagged: Bush administration, Bush's war, George W. Bush, haiku, Iraq War, justification for war, Poetry, protest, rationale for war, soldiers, support the troops, war for oil, war is hell, war on terror, warku | Leave a Comment »
