What flip-flopping it took! Let Saddam off the hook
   the first time a Bush fights Iraq –
Then revise the songbook and peaceful outlook
   when you find a new Bush who'll attack.

Far from being astute, they're now short of recruits
   and their army is running on fumes –
So they play their trump suit, get Saddam in cahoots
   and their flip-flopping program resumes.

Instead of a draft they prefer a life raft
   of Iraqis they've previously fought,
And hope they'll take charge, which they have by and large,
   except when they thought they'd get shot.

They'd have tried the Boy Scouts but feared the fallout
   (although who would be better prepared)
From the Fox Nightly News, who'd be crying the blues,
   as if Murdoch & Co. cared.

To flip-flop's been their plan since Saddam fought Iran
   and a Bush kept Saddam well supplied.
This is all about oil; not the dream of a boy and goyl.
   Anyone told you diff'rent, he lied.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
6/8/04