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Wolf at door

Why did the Administration wait until September to make its case against Iraq? White House chief of staff Andrew Card told The New York Times last week, ``From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.'' - CNN.com, Sep 12, 2002, http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/09/12/schneider.iraq/

 

On Sunday morning

Past the break of day

 

Turn on the cathode ray

And meet the Poet Warrior

Second Secretariat Wolfowitz

 

On meet the press

It’s Near august 2003

 

Just back from iraq

Where he Coptered extensively

From portepot to porta pot

With his portable aristotle

And enhanced water bottle

 

Whats your plan?

Asks mr russet

 

Whats the rationale for going to war?

You go to war based on your best assessment before you go to war.

 

Do you agree with Goss?

I dont know how he knows.

 

Could we have resolved this without war?

The cost of containing iraq was enormous.

 

Why?

Let me tell you a story.

A human suffered terribly at the bloody hands of saddam.

 

Is that fair?

Stop and think, sometimes thing go well

sometimes things go better.

 

Have some patience

Says mr wolfowitz

 

You cant write a plan

Says the wolf

 

Again the west

in the dessert

Of lawrence

 

We went to war

On our best assessment

 

If you wait til the picure is clear

Its too late

Then we wasted our time at the u of chi

 

Me i had five days off and

I’m dumb, soft

And blank enough

oh screen

Enough to pile on the pile again to meet the press

 

Wondering where the empire

Is taking us

 

Days

flyby

 

Like a catastrophic card trick,

Still watching the white horse

Jump through the circus hoop

Of military logic

 

but

This is an interlude

Bless`d

 

Sunshine on the deck of my patchouli

And we can wait

On next incursion

 

The poet warriors dont bring

Out new products

In august



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Last update: 8/4/2003; 11:58:03 AM.

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