RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS
The Good War
They called it the good war
(even those who called themselves
the antiwar movement)
They called it the righteous war
(the war with noble intent)
When we marched a million strong
Against the war in Iraq
Some of us said: This is not Afghanistan
This is Vietnam
They were wrong
They can rewrite history for a thousand years
They will still be wrong
Afghanistan was Vietnam
Afghanistan was Iraq
They were all wars for empire
They were never wars for liberation
They became wars of occupation
With puppet governments
Their own people could not stand
In the vast history of civilization
An occupying power has never liberated
A people without the people’s support
The people will always view an invader with doubt
The people of Afghanistan
Would not fight against the Taliban
The people of Afghanistan
Would not fight for American interests
The people of Afghanistan
Would not fight for women’s rights
The people of Afghanistan
Would not fight for American democracy
The people of Afghanistan
Are tired of war
They have fought for generations
Against more enemies than they can count
Leave them be
Let them determine their own destiny
We are not gods
We cannot tell them
What is worth fighting for
The war is over
Go home
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