Some IR Haiku
By Kurt Mills Who Teaches At
James Madison U.
Copyright 2003
(A work in progress...)
Axis of evil
Iran, Iraq, North K'rea
Bush's enemies
To war with Iraq
Weapons of mass destruction
All about the oil
North Korea nukes
We talk rather than invade
They do not have oil
Hummers, SUVs
Use much of world's gasoline
Must invade Iraq
Terrorism war
It's everywhere, anyone
Might be put in jail
Osama, Omar
Dead or alive, where are they
War on terror failed
Guantanamo Bay
Prisoners, but not of war
Should we torture them
Should we go to war
World says no, do we listen
We say, why should we
Oil, oil everywhere
But not enough to pump, yet
There is in Iraq
John Ashcroft will take
Our civil liberties, but
Will it end terror
Iraq no fly zones
Twelve years so far, bombs away
Almost every day
Troops on way to Gulf
Tanks, missiles, really big bombs
Will we invade soon
Deterrence, they say
Prevented nuclear war
But did it really
Neorealists say
It's structural anarchy
What about free will
Star Wars, SDI
Would stop nuclear missiles
Reagan's fantasy
Land of Palestine
Occupy, suicide bombs
Share Jerusalem
Al Aqsa, Hamas
Bodies all over the streets
Will it ever end
Free trade for the world
Benefits corporations
What about the poor
Global climate change
CO2 rise, oceans rise
Bangladesh will drown
ICC punish
War criminals, mass murder
US says no thanks
Children's rights treaty
No child soldiers, child labor
US says no thanks
United Nations
Security, human rights
US says no thanks
Kyoto treaty
Stops global warming, sea rise
US says no thanks
Does Africa count
Obviously not to Bush
He cancelled his trip
PM Tony Blair
Bush's poodle, does bidding
Brits make fun of him
Cheney in hiding
Where is he today
He is the real prez
Dubya, Dubya, duh
Misunderestimated
Village idiot