RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: AFGHAN WAR
Military Madness
Three presidents elected on a promise
To leave behind the mess in Afghanistan
The military managed to ignore two
The third took a hard stand:
Get out of Afghanistan!
So now they take turns in a public lament:
We betrayed our allies and friends
Said what we said meant what we meant
America fights to the bitter end!
Look what happened in Vietnam!
Look what happened in Iraq!
It’s as if you don’t even give a damn!
To which our president proclaimed:
Exactly! Now bow your heads in shame!
You lied to Afghans when you said forever
We lied to our own when we said never
Again would we send soldiers to war
When we don’t really know what it’s for
We got our revenge we slaughtered AQ
After that we didn’t know what to do
You had three terms to get it done
Now you act like you’re oh so stunned
You didn’t even give it a try
So now it’s on you when people die
And still we don’t know why