Published on December 22, 2004 By sunshinedaydream In Politics
Hers a great poem I found written by a mother of a soldier...enjoy:

Twas the night before Baghdad

Twas the night before Baghdad
And all through the base
Not a heartbeat was silent
Not a smile on one face

The soldiers at attention
Fists raised in the air
Saddam is a monster!
We must all go there!

So we loaded our planes
With our guns and our tanks
And we sent all the soldiers
To Kuwaits outer banks

From Kuwait, from Turkey
From Saudi and more
With battering rams
We knocked on his door

The Fedayin heard
All the military clatter
And ran to Saddam
To ask what was the matter

Don't worry he said
With a heartening ring
They financed my reign
They won't do this thing

We bombed all the buildings
Til the fires were glowing
While Baby Bush yelled
Keep the oil pipes flowing!

He should be a magician
Our Baby Bush, cuz you see
He created the biggest illusion
The WMD's

He lied to us all
About terror and pain
When all that he's after
Is monetary gain

For Daddy, and Barbara
And Baby Bush too
There is no such thing
As too much oil revenue

Some people believe
That it's for our own good
To bomb and to kill
To shed innocent blood

They sleep in their beds
Oblivious to lies
While we who have wakened
Hear bloodcurdling cries

Cries of our fathers,
Our brothers and sons
Sent to fight in a war
That cannot be won

We liberated them!
Our Baby Bush chimes
That is why they attack us
Time after time

With Christmas upon us
He steps up his work
Of campaigning again
The self serving jerk!

He'll don his flight suit
He'll have all his fun
Wishing Merry Christmas! Keep fighting!
And to all....Duck and Run!


written by mother of a soldier


Comments
on Dec 22, 2004

How sad!  To betray your own son that way.  I feel sorry for him whoever he is.  He deserves someone that would at least support him.

What a waste.

on Dec 22, 2004

Reply #1 By: Dr. Guy - 12/22/2004 6:05:02 PM
How sad! To betray your own son that way. I feel sorry for him whoever he is. He deserves someone that would at least support him.
What a waste.


I second that observation.
on Dec 22, 2004
The sad thing is some people think this poem is thier way of supporting the troops.

What a twisted world we live in.

That's My Two Cents
on Dec 22, 2004

I'm with Dr Guy.


Couldn't she just have sent him a care package instead?

on Dec 31, 2004
It's unbeleivable that people would have the sheer audacity to question what a mother has written while her son fights overseas. A betrayal to her son? Perhaps her son agrees with her. I happen to be friends with someone currently fighting in the war who does not support the war. He is serving his country despite the fact that he doesn't agree with the current administration. Things are not always black and white, and dissent based upon principles one beleives in is part of being an American. If it was not, we'd still be a colony.
on Dec 31, 2004

Reply #5 By: reddirty - 12/31/2004 10:47:40 AM
It's unbeleivable that people would have the sheer audacity to question what a mother has written while her son fights overseas. A betrayal to her son? Perhaps her son agrees with her. I happen to be friends with someone currently fighting in the war who does not support the war. He is serving his country despite the fact that he doesn't agree with the current administration. Things are not always black and white, and dissent based upon principles one beleives in is part of being an American. If it was not, we'd still be a colony.


Both sides of this are valid! On one hand if the serviceperson is against the war then what his mother did is understandable. However if they support the war then what the mother did she should be slapped for. Unfortunately we'll never know.