THE TRUTH BEHIND THE LIES

Self-appointment as "benevolent policeman of the world"
May seem well-intentioned and innocent.
But ask yourselves have "we" fulfilled our duty
After all the blood of the world has been spent?

Is it for goodness that we act?
Have we been given all the facts?
Is there some payment we retract?
A dark and dubious secret contract?

Are we truly free in the U.S., are we?
Is this democracy or oligarchy?
And is our Congress truly sorry
For having created the first U.S. monarchy?

All the lies and secrets are sealed away,
By "executive privilege" from the light of day.
And while dissident voices are kept at bay,
Do "We the People" really have a say?


Do hate and war really make peace?
Should our highways to private investors be leased?
Do we owe our bounty to terror's increase?
Will this obsession with money ever cease?

Somewhere behind a roll-top desk
Sits the coterie I most detest;
The World Bank, the IMF, and the WTO
Sit back and laugh while they count their gold.

While the World sits poised at the end of their quill,
"Will it make us more money? Then, KILL, KILL, KILL!"

They don't care if an innocent dies,
And they never hear the children's cries.
They detonate their cluster bombs,
And disregard the bleeding throngs.

When will the U.S. ever see
That foreign policy doesn't have to be
Realpolitik and hegemony;
An "us" v. "them" mentality?

If We the People could have our say,
Then we could make war go away.
Then peace and "power of the people" could prevail,
And the whole damn world wouldn't be for sale!

And if our crimes and extortion desist,
There'd be no reason for the world to resist:
Asia no longer a Petrie dish
Where our sins incite the terrorist.

If war is over, no weapons would we need
GE & Westinghouse would lose their feed.
But take heart, with all the money they've received,
They could spend more time on philanthropy
(Maybe even give us some GOOD TV).

So fellow citizens, read a book or two
And become informed- it's a patriot's due!
Then you may find what is really true:
That propaganda shames the "red, white, and blue."