The Price

Not funny this time

Look at some of these savages
we were sent to "save"
They murder their own children
in cruel barbaric ways

Fueled by tribal rivalries
The west can't understand
Hatred turns to blind fury
in their sadistic hands

Eye for eye and tooth for tooth
The law of desert ways
Mixed up with modern weaponry
can set this world ablaze

The Neocons who sent us there
With their misguided dreams
Were nothing but war criminals
An arrogant regime

They built their castles in the sky
of ignorant pipe dreams
We paid for their incompetence
With cordite and bloodstreams

But rich white men they get away
A fact of history
They rule the world it's plain to see
They make our misery

We give them power over us
They say give us your trust
Then sic us on the savages
and grind us into dust

It was for freedom we were told
but we were not aware
The promise of democracy
would turn to a nightmare

The bitter truth inside my heart
Will never go away
and I will never ever forget
The price we had to pay

Author's Note

Not a fucking chance

Reviews

[Eddie Phillips]

WOW! That was powerful. It is a sad truth that many are not willing to face.

[Baby Ricochet]

No, they're not. Thanks brother

[Laminators Dubai]

powerful and provoking....you've been always like that, awesome and special.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you glitch

[Tate Morgan]

There is the truth sad as it is. Money oil and power. I aint no senators son I aint no fortunate one,.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thanks for stopping by Tate

[KAOlmsted]

None of us will ever forget. As for the fourth stanza, we agree to disagree. Love you, baby.

[Baby Ricochet]

We can do that. Thank you precious

[Baby Ricochet]

4500 US troops killed, 36000 wounded and maimed, 200000+ Iraqs killed with millions more displaced.
The current Iraqi government has banned the free press, is still using shea death squads to kill off the sunni minority and free elections aren't going to happen

[Baby Ricochet]

Not to long ago I saw an interview with dick chenney and when questioned about the decision to
read moreNot to long ago I saw an interview with dick chenney and when questioned about the decision to
InInvade Iraq he said they made the right decision. It was all I could do not to smash the tv screen. That man is an evil human being

[Mark]

Amen. Nothing else to say.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Mark

[Tai Ryens]

Keeping it real, as always. You've portrayed your own expressions well while still keeping to the woes of truth and reality: well done.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Tai

[MOON]

A brute puppetmaster saving the barbarians a recipe for disaster. Powerful write.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you Moon

[unsavable_soul]

Damn powerful,
You layout the world in true light here. You paint a tragedy here with truths most won't talk about. Solid all the way through, it is hard for us to change people. We can go over there and do what ever it takes to win a war, but that doesn't change the hearts of men. I thank you for your service but I also regret the things you've seen. Thanks as always .
Chris
100/100

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you chris

[Joyce S. Greene]

Thank you, BR, for what you did and what you gave. We all owe you and all the other brave men and women who have given so much a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.

[Baby Ricochet]

thank you joyce

[Rita L. Sev]

Again, you write the harshest truth with eloquence, Mark. You speak for generations of men in countless conflicts here. Never let us forget either...

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you Rita