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[aid] => Mick
[title] => Cross and Crescent
[time] => 2003-04-13 00:45:00
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[bodytext] => What is ‘Shock and Awe’
but our form of terrorism? Are we so different? Or do we just prefer to think so? When kids lie dead Cold, bloody and stiff Are they aware you are liberators? Do they know the diff? “Oh no, we have NOBLE goals to justify their woes” So go ask a terrorist about his goals He’ll talk of “Freedom” and “Justice” And why he fights his foe Are we so very different? Or just prefer to think so? “Well, we use armies and legitimate weapons!” Well wouldn’t they if they had them too? Does this make of them a coward or of you? Wasn’t what we have just seen done for the best reason? And is this a formula for everyone’s season? Why kid ourselves here Are our motives truly decent? “Well motivated' terrorism kills From cross or from crescent [comments] => 2 [counter] => 143 [topic] => 43 [informant] => Steeleyes [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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