A Kick In The Barracks

 

What are you waiting for?
We asked you not to go to war...
We said,
'Don't attack Iraq'
Now we say
'Give Iraq back!'
Have you not freed them all from tyranny?
Have you not blessed them with democracy?
Is the mission not accomplished?
Is the problem not amended?
So surely all that's needed is Iraqi independence
You've achieved your 'liberation'
So why not end the occupation?
Or are you secretly afraid of a self determined nation,
That will not heel to whims of economic proliferation?
The 'right of might' United States, (with lap dog Europe at the gates),
Postpone the sovereignty debate
Until they have secured in place
Their own concerns- their puppet state
That their military enforce to endorse U.S mandates
To control fuel resources and prevent a Shi'ite union with the Saudi's and Iran
Surrounding oil fields by commandeering or pressurising border lands
Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Afghanistan
The truth is that the troops cannot pull out
Because freedom was never what this war was about
Selling oil in euro dollars was Saddam's step too far
The straw that broke the camels back was that the price of running cars
Would be greatly increased on CIA soil
A betrayal of the deal when Hussein was the foil
For western terrorism on pro-Islamic lands
The mole in the whole of rich oil baron sands
The greatest war crime since Hitler's time
Committed by the Bush administration, and sycophantic allies,
Maintained by Barak's selling line
Now instead of initiating modern day Nuremburg trials
He's continuing atrocities and 'won' a nobel peace prize!
So for those that think elections are about democracy
Maybe finally you'll see
Putting faith in governments
Or their malignant agency's
Will never give you justice and will never make you free.

Reviews

[*~Kristy~*]

This is very powerful and AMAZING!

[cest la vie]

Dayum!!!

Why am I just finding all these powerful writes of yours. It's like you have taken my thoughts and inked them. As a journalist at heart (I amso very, very new to poetry) I am just really impressed with your writing. You state your points first off so the reader knows what lane they are being led down. You insert excellent data to sum up a great, educational yet entertaining read. I can so hear this being read at a poetry slam, thumping your chest with a clenched fist. As a veteran of Desert Storm I am exposed to these soldiers of this whatever the hell we call this war, it just down right pisses me off.

Another great piece!