so much posturing
over the true meaning of memorial day
i propose it should be a national day of apology
if we love our troops so much
perhaps we should stop shipping them off to die
to further the agendas of oil tycoons
and the dirty politicians
kept faithfully in their pockets
an american soldier hasn’t died fighting for
“our freedom”
since the mad man with the mustache
threatened to conquer all of mankind
during world war II
it’s easy to raise a volunteer army
when uncle sam is the only one hiring
choosing to fight a war over starvation
is an act of bravery long before the first grenade is thrown
and then there are the draftees
the ones who didn’t have a choice
a ticket to canada
or a rich and powerful daddy to pull strings
as i write this
dick cheney is at a $1000-per-plate barbecue
a soldier in afghanistan just had his legs blown off
and george w. bush is going to paint a picture
of himself in front of a mission accomplished banner
right after he finishes working on his suntan
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I applaud all of the above. Old men have always sent the young men to war. I often wonder how many wars we would declare if the head of the country had to lead the troops into battle as they did in days of yore.