I'd really like to hope this time around that the pre-emptive war in Iraq--mostly fought because it was easier than capturing Osama Bin Laden at the time; plus it was something that George Butch Jr. had signaled he'd do during the 2000 election--is over and done with for the sake of Americans and Iraqis alike.
These poems were written in 2005, when only 2000 American soldiers had been killed in action:
2000-A LATE OCTOBER MILESTONE
2000
War in Iraq is winnable!
Just ignore the bleats of the Liberal Media
who’s out of touch with heartland America.
2001
Thank God for local news affiliates!
They treat this war just like WWII.
Wasn’t it great when Channel 7
ran that story about military wives/girlfriends
willing to pose for sexy pinup photos
to raise….the morale of their boyfriends
and husbands serving their country?
It’s the perfect story-
patriotism plus cleavage!
2002
White House note to Roger Ailes of Fox News:
Pass along our new talking point
about how the media should quit
using the word “insurgents”
and replace it with “Saddamites”.
Pronounce it the Biblical way (Sodomites)
to appease the Red States.
2003
President Bush memo to Vice-President Cheney-
There was this old Jerry Lewis movie
last night on TV where a millionaire and
his four friends formed a private fighting force
during World War II.
That’s a great idea.
We could use more small, flexible five-man armies
to protect the interests of
Halliburton and all the other companies
making profits from this war.
Wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime.
2004
Note to Pentagon staffers from Donald Rumsfeld-
Let’s keep this war low-budget.
The next time someone complains
about soldiers dying from inadequate
armored protection, I’ll just remind them
of the General Sherman quote
about war being Hell and walk away.
And tell the UN in no uncertain terms
that they’ll enter Gitmo over my dead body.
2005
White House note to CNN-
We loved your balanced special
about stateside families who lost loved ones in Iraq.
Keep emphasizing the parents who have decided
to stay loyal, repress public grief
and say that We Can’t Leave
until Iraq can properly fight the Insurgency
on its own.
2006
Note from Karl Rove-
Can we distract Americans
from Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson
by planting either a live girl or a dead boy
in Cindy Sheehan’s bed?
2007
2008
2009
2010…..
It doesn’t matter if the next President
is a Democrat or Republican,
the war in Iraq will never end.
It really doesn’t matter about the Iraqi people anymore.
We can’t lose face now.
2000-VERSION TWO
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010….
The White House says we can’t leave Iraq.
The pundits say we mustn’t leave Iraq.
I say we’ll never leave Iraq.
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