At Last
(Finally a war that is all Obama's)

At last Barack Obama can have his own war.
Isn't that what a U.S. president's for?
He drew the red line at Assad's chemical weapon
But ruled out boots on the ground and any provocative goose-steppin'.

Establishing no-fly zones? That's still up in the air,
Without Google Street Maps when there aren't that many streets there?
Monsanto GMOs may be his last resort.
But is Obama prepared to be a war criminal?
Only the G.O.P. thought he'd be that bad a sport.

The problem with GMOs is the poison's too slow.
Obama must know he has less tha four years to go.
For a faster effect try those pills for erectile dysfunction.
Overdose Assad's troops and get calls to action
     for longer than the usual four hours.
What humanitarian would have any compunction

About their use? Their abuse has not yet been condemned
By Geneva or any other of the Rules of War.
Yet Bashar Assad's troops would all come to wonder
If what's on their minds isn't war but a whore.

Bob Carlson
www.politicalboondoggles.com
6/13/13

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