RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: IRAQ WAR
Twenty Years Ago Today (3/20/23)
Twenty years ago today
The world awoke to shock and awe
And Iraq became a battleground
A killing field
A testing site for war machines
Twenty years ago today
The lies of war were bold and clear
Some believe them to this day
They became a litmus test of loyalty
A patriots holy grail
The weapons of mass destruction
The enemies at the gate
Complicity in terror
Not a moment could we wait
They lied to the world
They lied to the New York Times
They lied at the United Nations
They lied to the American people
They invaded a sovereign nation
For power and for greed
To demonstrate our awesome might
To warn our strongest adversaries
Beware of what you see
Blood on the streets of Baghdad
Blood on the desert sands
The blood of the innocent
Destruction across the land
No expression of contrition
No amount of tears
No measure of reparations
Can erase the guilt of that offense
Our president was a war criminal
Our government was the Kremlin
Invading Ukraine today
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