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January 22, 2005

Song of the Innocent (Pick-a-side-any-side)

I did it out of love for god and country
I did it for my children and my wife
I did it to secure our nation's future
I did it to protect our way of life

I saw the troops of satan in our country
I heard their voices vilifying, cruel
I smelt their filth when they defiled our daughters
I tasted widows' tears, and orphans' gruel

I have too many faces to remember,
bin Laden, Baader-Meinhof, IRA
Saddam Hussein, Amrozi, Black September
Qadhafi, Bush, Sharon, and Tim McVeigh

I spit upon the verdicts of your juries
I had no other option but to fight
I stand before my maker for his judgment
I know that everything I did was right

Alan Smith, July 2004
Published in Quadrant No 413 (Jan/Feb 2005)

Posted by alan at January 22, 2005 5:55 AM