THE SENATE KILLS A BIPARTISAN BILL TO END
THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
“Perpetual
War for Perpetual Peace”
American historian Charles A. Beard
Following
the NY Times’s recent June 26th article
About
Russians paying the Taliban bounties
To
kill American soldiers in Afghanistan,
A cloaked
propaganda hit piece aimed at Comrade Trump
For
wanting to bring the troops home by election day,
Citing
no sources and no evidence,
The
House and the Senate
With
bipartisan support,
Without
a whisper of public debate,
Kills
legislation to end the war
In Afghanistan,
Extending
the 19-year war
Into
a never-ending war.
Congressional
Senate members,
Sensory
neurons misfiring in their primate brains,
Suffering
memory loss,
Their
bicameral chambers cleaned and erased,
Forget
as if they had ever remembered
Reading
the Washington Post’s December 9th, 2019 edition,
The
Afghanistan Papers: The Secret History of the War,
Claiming
the war unwinnable with no exit strategy.
The
Senate, immersed in power,
Their
eyes on the prize,
Recognizes
a deal
They
can exploit,
Gifts
the corporate defense industry,
Lockheed
Martin, Raytheon, Boeing,
With
access to more tax-free profits,
Keeping
the Imperial weapons machine humming.
Why
pull out of Afghanistan now
And
bring the troops home,
Saving
the American taxpayer
Trillions
of dollars
That
can be spent
On
our crumbling infrastructure
And federal
safety net programs
For
the middle class and poor
When
Afghanistan, rich in resources
Like
lithium, copper, cobalt, and gold,
Has
never been fully exploited
Because
of decades of discord and violent chaos?
Senate
legislators, patriotic collaborators,
Funnel
profits into the coffers of big corporations,
Persuading
American consumers
To
buy the next smart phone or laptop.
Now
in its new role in the forever war
The
US military, paid mercenaries,
Stand
guard for the corporate elite,
Promote
a hard sell
It
is their right to strip the ground
And
mine three trillion dollars
Worth
of minerals.
--Victor Henry
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