[The poetry of war!]

[The poetry of war!]

Obama's Strategery

For those who study history
And military strategy,
A new approach to waging war
In ways that were untried before,
Is rarely seen or heard:
The old ways are preferred.

But in these times of global strife,
With sounds of drum and notes of fife,
A new man joins the hall of fame
Of leaders who receive acclaim,
For strategy in war,
Too brilliant to ignore.

With Hannibal, Napoleon,
And Kahn, the great Mongolian,
With Brennus and with Pericles
With Sun Tzu and Eurybiades,
Our President does share
A real strategic flair.

He joins in war, almost too late,
Makes public his withdrawal date,
Commences action from the air,
Then makes his enemies aware
He'll not attack on land,
Across the desert sand.

Within just days, perhaps a week,
His reputation and mystique
For managing the world's affairs
Achieves its peak when he declares
He'll bomb the rebels too,
For things that they might do.

Perhaps another Nobel Prize
Our friends from Stockholm could reprise,
For excellence in strategy
While waging war on Tripoli.
It's merited, at worst,
As much as was the first.

thebardofmurdock.com

Skep41

Sentiments we can applaud
But in this poem we cant avoid
The metric folly you've deployed
Cant help but make us be annoyed!
Four lines with eight beats you do write
Then two with six, its not quite right!
The rhythm sir works not for me,
The bard should stick to strategy.

matoko

And yet Moron Bush's warcrimes regime
Was what made the whole world scream
In history books it will be known
The Bush Doctine sadly stands alone
The uberstupid strategy
of missionary democracy
The cause of Great America's sad decline
To banana republic in record time.

HERCULE TRIATHLON SAVINIEN