Oct 2014
The world will not forget you, O Osama,
You rubbed the Yankee flag in deepest ****;
To all your people you were a charmer;
At the end you laughed at death, unafraid of it.
No one will forget when the towers crumbled
And the Pentagon's fragile walls were breached;
How the Arab World, so long sore humbled,
Relished the revenge they had beseeched.
Though murdered by a gang of mercenaries,
Shot in the face whilst your daughter wept,
Your name will live on in Islamic memories,
Never from history's page to be swept.
Famed for fighting the Great Satanic foe;
Who next will follow where you dared to go?
You rubbed the Yankee flag in deepest ****;
To all your people you were a charmer;
At the end you laughed at death, unafraid of it.
No one will forget when the towers crumbled
And the Pentagon's fragile walls were breached;
How the Arab World, so long sore humbled,
Relished the revenge they had beseeched.
Though murdered by a gang of mercenaries,
Shot in the face whilst your daughter wept,
Your name will live on in Islamic memories,
Never from history's page to be swept.
Famed for fighting the Great Satanic foe;
Who next will follow where you dared to go?
I wrote this 3 years ago and it remains relevant. Osama humilated the world's only superpower with the skillful use of only a tiny band of self-appointed martyrs; he evaded retribution for 10 years in spite of billions of US bucks being spent on hunting for him; he met an ignominious end and has been foolishly turned into a martyr for his cause; jihadists will never forget him; sadly, a dreadful revenge was inevitable and is now unfolding. The West once again shot itself in the foot, the bullets being supplied by American forces hellbent on petty vengeance. We should face facts and deal with the Arab/Muslim world as equals, not as people to be vilified and insulted. And the current result is? ISIS.
