Obama's Afghanistan –
One Slice Or Two?
Relying on Blackwater's guillotine

Who'll be the first to decapitate Karzai?
Which of The Brothers will be beheaded first?
Our money's on Blackwater getting to Hamid.
The question's by whom will they be reimbursed.

A peace loving group like the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
Upset that McChrystal has gotten the axe,
And that Admiral Mullen's courtship of Hamid
Proved just another of the Joint Chiefs' setbacks?

The flirtatious Hamid has his heart set on Omar
Which doesn't seem fair after what Mullen's spent:
Thousands of casualties, his fav'rite rogue general,
All just to lose out to Don Juan in a tent?

As overindulgent, bad parents we should have
Cut back on what we gave Mullen to spend.
But now with our spooks and State going with Blackwater,
What choice has Mullen but to hold up his end?

Rejection is bitter though revenge can be sweet,
Yet who, other than Blackwater, would take on the risk?
BP's in the Gulf with plans for the Arctic
It's dragged on too long? One slice? Nah, too brisk…

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
6/27/10

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To 'Blackwater Mercenaries'
To 'Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite'
To 'CIA hires Xe, formerly Blackwater,
       to guard facilities in Afghanistan, elsewhere'

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To 'Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban'
To 'Overture to Taliban Jolts Afghan Minorities'
To 'BP Is Pursuing Alaska Drilling Some Call Risky'