Introduction

George Bush on the telephone. This poem was written as fantasy but it looks like coming true.

Peace or Pieces

George Bush was in the White House
With Vladmir on the line;
"We're gunna go and bash Saddam up, Vlad,
D'you wanna be in this time?"

"Tony says to count him in,
And that Australian chap, Johnnie too;
A few others'll prob'ly join as well,
But there'll always be room for you."

"You'd have a few weapons there, wouldn't ya Vlad,
They're no use just lyin' about;
And I've got this red button in my office here
.. I'm dying to try it out."

You see, I promised that Osama bloke dead or alive,
But it looks like he's gone and shot through;
And we're all fired up and ready to go,
So Saddam'll have to do."

Oh I know we befriended him years ago,
And we trained Bin Laden as well;
Sold 'em weapons and now with ingratitude,
... They tell us to go to hell.

"It's really all very simple Vlad,
I'll explain it without much fuss
They're called Weapons of Mass Destruction, Vlad,
If they don't belong to us."

"You'll be with the goodies if you join us Vlad,
And in Hollywood good guys always win;
The Kurds'll prob'ly give Saddam away,
.... So Vlad can I count you in?"

Well, Vlad slowly put down his telephone,"
And he started his pondering;
Fighting for peace isn't easy you know,
'Cos peace is a dangerous thing.

Copyright; Ian Mackay Sept '02.