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Array ( [sid] => 102052 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => Let Freedom Ring [time] => 2005-07-25 17:15:24 [hometext] => What I feel about Iraq [bodytext] => If it's ok to shoot a child in the face for a barrel of oil,
And to stand over her corpse with a flag and a gun while her brain drips into the soil,
And to expect her family not to react or care,
Just to understand she was sacrificed for a higher market share,

Then let freedom ring.

Now I'm not big on ethics, my morals were never that strong,
But I'm pretty sure blowing up Baghdad for a profit margin is wrong,
And all of those crying mother's nursing their broken heart,
I'm sure will feel a lot better when they see a Halliburton bar chart

And they'll let freedom ring

To the president in the whitehouse who prays to a vengeful God,
The one who doesn't like arabs, blacks the poor and the downtrod,
The next time he see's a skyscraper and a passanger plane explode
I hope he knows those people are reaping the crop he as sowed

And he'll let freedom ring

It's a clash between civilisations and the problem he says is them
What he forgets to mention is we attack them again and again and again
And if he wants peace in our lifetime I've some advice of my own,
Stop helping yourself to their petrol and leave them the ***** alone

And freedom will ring [comments] => 2 [counter] => 159 [topic] => 57 [informant] => blackevar [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => war )

Let Freedom Ring

Contributed by blackevar on Monday, 25th July 2005 @ 05:15:24 PM in AEST
Topic: war

If it's ok to shoot a child in the face for a barrel of oil,
And to stand over her corpse with a flag and a gun while her brain drips into the soil,
And to expect her family not to react or care,
Just to understand she was sacrificed for a higher market share,

Then let freedom ring.

Now I'm not big on ethics, my morals were never that strong,
But I'm pretty sure blowing up Baghdad for a profit margin is wrong,
And all of those crying mother's nursing their broken heart,
I'm sure will feel a lot better when they see a Halliburton bar chart

And they'll let freedom ring

To the president in the whitehouse who prays to a vengeful God,
The one who doesn't like arabs, blacks the poor and the downtrod,
The next time he see's a skyscraper and a passanger plane explode
I hope he knows those people are reaping the crop he as sowed

And he'll let freedom ring

It's a clash between civilisations and the problem he says is them
What he forgets to mention is we attack them again and again and again
And if he wants peace in our lifetime I've some advice of my own,
Stop helping yourself to their petrol and leave them the ***** alone

And freedom will ring

Copyright © blackevar ... [ 2005-07-25 17:15:24]
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Re: Let Freedom Ring (User Rating: 1 )
by Unbreakable on Monday, 25th July 2005 @ 07:51:43 PM AEST
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I don't normally like political poems, but I really enjoyed this. And think that if more people have intelligent things to say on the topic of Iraq, like you, then they should voice their opinion. Because a write like this makes you stop and think, what the hell is wrong with this world? Everything you wrote is true, I can appreciate the touch of irony in the line "let freedom ring" as well. Great work, keep it up...

Krystal

Re: Let Freedom Ring (User Rating: 1 )
by shelby on Monday, 25th July 2005 @ 11:12:10 PM AEST
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great expression I say let freedom ring and bring our troops home after all this war was supposed to free us from Osama so why are we in Irag mmmmm Im not even gonna start its all sad to me strong write indeed
Michelle

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