A Christmas Poem

Norman · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 11

Two Weeks Before Christmas!

T'was two weeks before Christmas, And all through Iraq,
The people still worried that Saddam would be back.
The soldiers went out on their nightly patrol,
Capturing the bad guys was always their goal!

With raids seeming endless in the triangle Sunni,
We hoped that not all of Iraq was so looney!
We gathered the tribe of Saddam, in Tikrit,
And suddenly now they all started to snit!

They told of a farm where Hussein just might be
Odierno then called on our boys- from the great 4th ID!
More rapid than Baathists our soldiers they came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name

Now Delta, Now Rangers, Now Cavalry too!
On Green Hats, on Pilots, I need all of you!
Go to that farm and secure it right now!
Capture his ass- you guys know how!

Off went our soldiers under cover of night,
So stealthy, so quiet with no trace of light
While we back at home were eating our lunches,
Our boys on the ground were following hunches!

And then it was time for the raid to begin.
The first target came up -empty within!
Could it be our Intel was wrong once again?
No! Somewhere nearby is the wolf in his den!

And then, in a twinkling, camouflage torn away
In a hole in the ground did their quarry lay
Dazed and confused, right at them he looked,
Did the stupid old fool know his goose was now cooked?

He was dressed all in rags from his toes to his head,
And his beard was as matted as 12 day-old bread!
How the mighty had fallen, could this be Hussein?
One look in his eyes was to know he's insane!

Our boys got their man - how proud we all are
The relief in our country is felt near and far
A bath he has had now -yet he'll never be clean
Forever tainted with mass torture and his Fedaheen

To our soldiers we give our undying respect
You always give more than we ever expect
We hope you can have now a night with some fun
Your loved ones back home say- JOB DAMN WELL DONE

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Don H · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 187

Well might we sneer as the mighty have fallen, but I seem to remember Saddam
copping all that the military might of the USA threw at him during the Gulf
War, when Pop was in charge. In more recent times, Son of Pop conducts his
war from thousands of miles away, and on a brief recent visit to the Battle
Front, was snuck in and out very secretly and greatly protected. Saddam
might be a thug off the streets who seized power, but I'd be careful about
challenging his credentials for the job. Iraqis might be better off without
him, but the USA has created precedents which might return to haunt it.
Forget WMD, they were only ever an excuse for invasion; oil is, and remains,
the main preoccupation. When a compliant govt is installed which will
guarantee its supply, then the US will leave, but not before.
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"Norman" wrote in message$qnm$1@otis.netspace.net.au...
> Two Weeks Before Christmas!
>
> T'was two weeks before Christmas, And all through Iraq,
> The people still worried that Saddam would be back.
> The soldiers went out on their nightly patrol,
> Capturing the bad guys was always their goal!
>
> With raids seeming endless in the triangle Sunni,
> We hoped that not all of Iraq was so looney!
> We gathered the tribe of Saddam, in Tikrit,
> And suddenly now they all started to snit!
>
> They told of a farm where Hussein just might be
> Odierno then called on our boys- from the great 4th ID!
> More rapid than Baathists our soldiers they came,
> And he whistled and shouted and called them by name
>
> Now Delta, Now Rangers, Now Cavalry too!
> On Green Hats, on Pilots, I need all of you!
> Go to that farm and secure it right now!
> Capture his ass- you guys know how!
>
> Off went our soldiers under cover of night,
> So stealthy, so quiet with no trace of light
> While we back at home were eating our lunches,
> Our boys on the ground were following hunches!
>
> And then it was time for the raid to begin.
> The first target came up -empty within!
> Could it be our Intel was wrong once again?
> No! Somewhere nearby is the wolf in his den!
>
> And then, in a twinkling, camouflage torn away
> In a hole in the ground did their quarry lay
> Dazed and confused, right at them he looked,
> Did the stupid old fool know his goose was now cooked?
>
> He was dressed all in rags from his toes to his head,
> And his beard was as matted as 12 day-old bread!
> How the mighty had fallen, could this be Hussein?
> One look in his eyes was to know he's insane!
>
> Our boys got their man - how proud we all are
> The relief in our country is felt near and far
> A bath he has had now -yet he'll never be clean
> Forever tainted with mass torture and his Fedaheen
>
> To our soldiers we give our undying respect
> You always give more than we ever expect
> We hope you can have now a night with some fun
> Your loved ones back home say- JOB DAMN WELL DONE
>
>