By: Cedric McClester

He’ll tell ya if you ask him
Cuz it’s a salient fact
That he voted against that ill-advised war
That we fought in Iraq
He was overjoyed
When they brought the soldiers back
And he stated for the record
That it was no way to act

And if you question him
A little closer
You’ll find that he’s a non-interventionist
Because we can’t police the world
With an iron fist
Talk with him some more
And he’ll tell you this my friend
As a policy intervention must end

We can’t continue to
Take one side in opposition to the other
And then try to broker peace
Like a well meaning brother
We deal with leaders that we hate
But our southern neighbor Cuba
We continue to isolate

Everybody’s fighting now
To be Israel’s best friend
Without being even handed in the least
Towards the Palestinian
We may share democracy
And similar self-interests
But it’s the height of hypocrisy
To feign our indifference

We can’t continue to
Take one side in opposition to the other
And then try to broker peace
Like a well meaning brother
We deal with leaders that we hate
But our southern neighbor Cuba
We continue to isolate


Cedric McClester, Copyright (c) 2016.  All rights reserved.