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Down Which Road Now?
Contributed by
pete
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Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 04:05:00 PM in AEST
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DOWN WHICH ROAD NOW?…(©Peter Sprenkeler)
The regime has now fallen…lest so it seems,
To the victor…the cliché says…go the spoils.
Those horrible weapons still remain a mystery,
As the advert once said…"Sol…oils ain't oils".
The coalition feverishly seeks high and low,
But still nothing of a "WMD" has been found.
Could it be that the regime was in fact truthful?
Have we made a moral and judgmental error profound?
The coalition rhetoric is now diffused to the term 'agents',
When offering justification before a suspicious world.
Are they going to be satisfied with a smouldering Iraq?
Or will the war flags on Syria be soon unfurled?
One has very good reason to fear the next move,
For of the truth…we are only allowed a small proportion.
We are 'conditioned' and the victims of mis-information,
What we see in the media…is politically engineered distortion.
What are their 'agendas' and covert long-term plans?
Why so much secrecy…why not disclose their real intention?
Or will they continue to defy all moral and ethical codes and laws?
Are their plans so morally corrupt…do they defy all humanitarian convention?
I like many others…fear a most dire and sinister plot by power,
And we that elected them will certainly be the last to know.
Where will they lead us…down what horrible road will we be pushed?
What means will they employ…to convince us…as more destruction they sow?
Give us an honest answer…before we follow you one inch more,
We are uncertain…we want to trust you…but you make the job so hard.
We are sceptical and indeed suspicious of the paths you lead us down,
Reassure us the road is fair and just…not one that God declares as barred!
Copyright ©
pete
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Re: Down Which Road Now?
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by shelby on
Wednesday, 16th April 2003 @ 05:46:40 PM AEST
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you expressed your feeling very well.
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Re: Down Which Road Now?
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by venkat on
Thursday, 17th April 2003 @ 02:19:17 AM AEST
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| You have projected truth.. very fine.. venkat |
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Re: Down Which Road Now?
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by Jenni_Kalicharan on
Friday, 18th April 2003 @ 04:35:58 PM AEST
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Excellent write, Pete....
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Re: Down Which Road Now?
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by Wrybod on
Sunday, 20th April 2003 @ 03:03:24 AM AEST
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Fair enough, to be cynical "Any excuse was better than none"
We were right to take on terrorism at it's sources. Saddams neighbours are glad to see him gone.
Now we must get out as soon as we can and leave it to Islam to build a new state. Our duty to the world in addition to Iraq is to dedicate ourselves to the physical reconstruction.
There are many aspects of Middle East culture we do not understand and in fact challenge. Not the least of these is the position of women within society...............Demoracy is new to them and will take many years to take root (look how long it took us to get there)
At the moment they are terrified of the changes they think we bring with us and can't see the back of us quickly enough
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Re: Down Which Road Now?
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by norm on
Tuesday, 10th June 2003 @ 11:53:55 AM AEST
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Very soon, I shall write of the middle east
It's taken me a long time to start,
I read your excellent text and I feel
It may not be overly smart to start
I...may not be overly smart
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