I. Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran
the list goes on
who else will they bomb?
costs beyond mention
never ending wars of intervention.
II. Our day is all about choices
diversity, variety, various voices
frankly, though I’m not a fan,
for who do you vote for
if you don’t want to bomb Iran?
III. Obama, the lefts boy, is quite the hawk
I know, I know, some look at that with shock
but I saw it coming from the start
he played the election, then he just plays his part
it isn’t a conspiracy or anything that great
just the thing that comes naturally to the state.
IV. The left and right of distinctions make much
but a new, different foreign policy none will touch
they all want to live in a country that’s the world’s cop
if the election features Obama and mainstream GOP
it’s a setup where there’ll be no alternative scheme
to Hillary Clinton’s Iran-attacking dream.
V. Romney thinks Iran is an “Existential threat”
a nuclear weapon, it is said, they can’t be let to get
so he thinks we should deal with it via surgical strikes
and bombardment, yikes!
VI. Bauchmann and her vision of Iran
is one ruled by Marxists who were in league with Saddam
she thinks to help Iran’s Mujahideen group
the U.S. should stoop
even though they are designated a terrorist group
and their human rights abuses are no soup
and in her view if that fails to change Iran’s ways
perhaps the U.S. will have to nuke ‘em for days.
VII. Perry would attack Iran too
and he condemns businesses for dealing with Iran
in spite of a ban
and yet it is interesting also
that he’s received thousands from company that broke that embargo you know.
VIII. How will this turn out in Iran?
I don’t want to be an alarmist man
but my best guess
is this will be a mess.
IX. I often wonder what would be the case
if American policy on Iran had worked in different ways
what if the the coup was not backed by the CIA
what if the U.S. didn’t support the nuclear program back in day?
What if biological weapons were not provided to Iran’s foe
What if the U.S. saw back then that non-intervention was the way to go?
It seems to me that bad foreign policy tooth and nail
created a country where a tyrannical government would prevail
and when you create a monster for one reason or another
don’t be surprised when it doesn’t follow your druthers.
X. The prevailing politic
won’t quit
piling debt upon debt
basic financial obligations
can’t be met
and yet
they lead us war-ward
prosecuting wars no one can afford
trying to achieve doubtful gains
muddled by ignorance
and immeasurable pains.