Dubya You've Spent What Wasn't Yours To Spend

Dubya You've Spent What Wasn't Yours To Spend

You have spent the good will of the world

This piece came about as a result of the Cole enquiry into the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) inquiry paying "commissions" to Saddam Hussein to accept our exports.

Not a single individual (in the AWB) received a benefit, but our wheat-farmers retained their Iraqi market short term.

A Poem From Oz

A Cynical Sceptic

There's a bucket load of crap that's being spread around the world

and were tugging on the coat tails of the biggest flag unfurled,

I can't believe the bullshit that our pollies try to push-

For "Freedom and Democracy" and their pall bearer "Bush"!

The world stood 'with' our Yankee mates that sad September day

and strained real hard against the bit to leap into the fray

to show those evil mongrels that you just can't do that stuff!

We waited for the invite so we'd stand together tough.

And George, your European allies, you treated with disdain?

Piss on your mates to stand alone? where's your bloody brain?

The principals you represent, you've trampled underfoot.

Withdrawal of rights! pre-emptive strikes! (Morality's hard put!)

We joined you in Afghanistan. That was just and right!

But you bombed a bit, sprayed some shells and then just left the fight?

Hell-bent on another path - left the Afghans in the mire

to purse some flaky doctrine that your "Neocons" aspire.

The mongrels of September hailed from countries far and wide

Tunisia, Algeria and Saudi 'rabia's side.

Were trained in the Afghan', Sudan and Yemenee

their funds came through Italian banks and those of Germany.

Some met in Indonesia and Malaysia no duress-

were taught to fly, (and here's the rub) you guessed it-the Us!

Those countries-"there" were all involved in that September's whack.

The logical response? You say - "We must attack Iraq!"

That despots should be toppled so their people can be free

is appropriate, but bloody hell, not so selectively.

Mugabe is an evil prick who gives his people hell

but do you care for suffering there? Not that I can tell!

To justify agendas "hid" you create a smoking gun!

Bullshit is still bullshit mate, no matter how it's "spun."

No Balkan Coalition where the World united stood

against one mongrel despot to get rid of him for good!

Now we can't point the finger 'cause we're also hypocrites

in our trading practises and that gives me the shits!

We slip some backdoor money to the biggest prick around

while standing tall with hand on heart, profess we're honour bound.

Howard, Vale and Downer are three pretty astute blokes

yet their amnesia's "collective"? - More like collective jokes.

Three hundred million dollars, and they can't remember squat?

If we tried that, we wouldn't last! they'd have us damn well shot!

Our leaders puff their chests out while strutting on World's stage

treating us like kindergarten kids not not quite of age.

Beating drums for false crusades through doctrines they impel -

you lied to us you bastards! May you rot in fucken hell!!

Reprinted with kind permission of Manfred Vijars copyright - 2006

Nice one Manny, thank you.