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Torture of Liberty
A prominent Senate committee/ Found CIA methods weren’t pretty/ With sleep deprivation/ And rectal hydration/ Declared ineffective and shitty./// http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/world/senate-intelligence-committee-cia-torture-report.html?_r=0 A prominent Senate committee Found CIA methods weren't pretty With sleep deprivation And rectal hydration Declared ineffective and shitty. — Mick Twister (@twitmericks) December … Continue reading
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Blair on Air
The former PM Tony Blair/ Appeared on TV to declare/ Despite Iraq’s plight/ Invading was right/ (But this time let’s bomb from the air). ///http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/15/tony-blair-west-intervene-iraq-isis-military-options https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/478125189533007874
Gist to the Mill
Lord Chilcot will give us the gist/ Of Dubya & Blair’s little tryst:/ They walked in the park/ They talked of Iraq -/ Poor Tony just couldn’t resist. ///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10863405/Full-account-of-Tony-Blairs-exchanges-with-George-Bush-on-Iraq-war-to-be-kept-secret.html (OK, so Chilcot’s talking about written conversations, I’ve just made it … Continue reading
Tutu Targets Tony
There was an old man from Cape Town/ A bishop of Nobel renown/ Who said, to be fair/ Mr Bush & pal Blair/ Should be tried in the Hague & sent down. ///http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/sep/02/tony-blair-iraq-war-desmond-tutu
Weapons of Mass Deception
There once was a war in Iraq/Upon which Bush chose to embark/To oust S Hussein/But it soon became plain/The world had been kept in the dark. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/18/us-iraq-withdrawal-idUSTRE7BH03320111218