$1.2 million

the british empire couldn’t do it
the soviet union couldn’t do it &
now the great big policeman of the world
is ready to finally
retreat with their tail wagging between their legs
all the way home
with the tax payers bleeding
from inside the domestic walls
paying over a million dollars a year
for each soldier in Afghanistan.

imagine if that 1.2 million spent on one US soldier
could be used to propel one homeless individual
or one single mother
or one recovering addict in this country
out of their dire straits---
imagine how it could have changed their lives for the
better---
imagine how our dying public education system
could have profited
from just 1.2 million,
not to mention the lot of all those soldiers
who have been fighting a “war”
that they know can’t be won.

as mr. hope & change is no doubt lying &
his puppet, mr. panetta is speaking about the magic number
2013, as an election stepping stone for his commander in chief,
the fact remains that “enduring presence” is going to stretch well into
2014 & possibly longer,
given that once mr. hope & change is back in the saddle,
all bets are off (as if they were ever on).

1,735 american soldiers dead so far…
that’s 1,735 families who have sacrificed their kids
for the war machine &
1,735 american soldiers, means 2 billion dollars that could have been spent
on keeping americans at home alive,
rather than casting them out of their homes,
stealing away their jobs &
giving their children a shitty education.