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friends away to their home,
declared we were at war with terrorism and inspired great pride.
Every American felt violated and wanted to fight back, protect home
and hearth from further attack. Righteous wrath fumed nation wide.

All Islam was suspect. We knew it was they who our towers wrecked
and brought worldwide support and sympathy for us to our side.
The whole world was shocked, but Islamic celebration flowed unchecked.

The great Satan had been wounded grievously fostering Islamic pride.

Our reaction was swift to come. Anger seethed and burst forth
across our great nation. That our loss could be cause for celebration
was something hard to understand. From south to furthest north
people didn't understand how Muslims could cheer our degradation.

The president used this rage to attack a dictator in far distant Iraq.
At first it was to destroy weapons of mass destruction destined for us.
When none were found, this dictator CIA helped dominate Iraq
was declared a despot removed because he was an undemocratic cuss.

Strangely, our invasion was not seen by all Iraqis as liberation
and this nation cobbled together after WW II flew apart.
Suni's fought Shiite's and both fought the tribal Kurds.
Defeating the dictator's reign of terror was the start.
As bad as he was he held Iraq together with power, not nerds.

With our invasion, this stability was lost and those thoughts
of instant democracy lost to the reality of civil war.
Civilian contractors on top of soldiers and Marines in clots
of controlled zones quickly learned just how to score.

For the military it was learning whom to suppress to stay alive.
Civilian contractors learned whom they might exploit.
Charging quadruple costs for shoddy work made them thrive.
At ripping off both the U. S. and Iraqis they became adroit.

Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney jointly brought this nightmare to pass
in the name of patriotism and American national pride.
While they and greedy corporations have become rich,while, alas,
they've nearly destroyed the middle class nationwide.

Seven years after the grievous attack, its leader Osama Bin Laden
remains free. Our nation spends eleven billion a week in Iraq's war
and our national debt soars. Surely there must be a witch or maven
able to extricate us before both death toll and costs really soar.

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