War, Oil and Veterans

We send our precious kids
Into the meat grinder - Iraq,
Supposedly, for country and for flag,
Yet, in reality, not for liberty or soil
But for the war profits and oil,
And then, when our wounded kids
Return for proper medical care,
The shoddy treatment they receive
Is patently an outrage and unfair.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2007 Alfred Charasz