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(tune: "I Am the Captain of the Pinafore"
from H.M.S. Pinafore by Gilbert & Sullivan)
If war was all about ensuring the Iraqis
Might be fed and clothed, secure,
There are many thousands still, who haven't got their fill,
But are hungry, thirsty and poor.
[There are many thousands still, who haven't got their fill,
But are hungry, thirsty and poor.]
If democracy's the goal, we haven't had a poll,
You can't force that with a gun,
If it's squelching terrorism, we have given them MORE reason,
If it's unity, we've lost, not won.
]What unity? Yes, unity. Won the war? Lost the peace?
We've won the war but lost the peace!]
Then give three cheers and one cheer more
So we win the peace as well as war.
Then give three cheers and one cheer more
So we win the peace as well as war!
Now let's consider how best to rid her of the occupation and war crimes
Our Prez may be opposed, our Congress be hardnosed
Not to give the UN time
[Our Prez may be opposed, our Congress be hardnosed
Not to give the UN time]
But we've got to face the fact, even well before Iraq,
We have failed to build democracies
Over fifty years or more out of
Sixteen there's only four
Including the Japanese.
by Granny Motoko
Raging Grannies Without Borders
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