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Iraq Involvement Poem


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

high cost for elimination 

of weapons of mass destruction

out of control DOD reconstruction

almost lost Iraqi oil production 

 

we’ll never stop the insurgency

even with the latest surgency

even considering the urgency

to end this stupid emergency

 

how many soldiers will be killed

their young lives suddenly ended

or hopelessly severely wounded

our leaders completely self-willed

 

the world viewed our image

all through this asinine scrimmage

as though we pay homage

to some strange pile of garbage 

 

what about a new paradigm 

leading to simple peacetime

diplomacy instead of wartime

not continued war crime

 

let’s throw all the bastards out

sure a new president without

old baggage could no doubt

lead us without a cop-out 

 

let’s bring home those GI’s

get our politicians to advise 

an end to our UN allies

end this is what I visualize

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Topics: poem, Politics, anti-war, comment
posted by poetrandy on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 11:45 PM
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posted by reffup on Jul 3, 2008 at 07:28 AM

I love this poem, it shares many concerns I have about the war.  I just hope my brother who is over there for his second tour does not become a memeber of the third stanza


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