Bush, Sharon and Caesar

Bush, Sharon and Caesar, all share a common fate
As the designated leader of a military state.
Caesar was ambitious. So are the other two.
One's eulogized as honorable. The other two? No clue.

One wants land; the other oil; both need security,
None of which seems likely given present policy
For neighboring constituents with their divergent views:
Shia, Kurds and Sunnis; Christians, Muslims, Jews.

The goal of each you'd think would be avoiding civil war,
Insurgencies and terror — that's what we hired them for —
With a single state solution for each leader's group of three,
Instead of smaller warring states, each with autonomy.

It's been called apartheid when the rights for all weren't equal.
Unless they were, wars have begotten sequel after sequel.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
10/5/04