[Newspoetry] birthday poem

[William Gillespie]

Thanks for your poem. I agree with you and Susan Sarandon, though possibly
Woodrow Wilson and I diverge on certain issues.

Happy birthday!
William

On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, charles joseph smith wrote:

> Because today is my birthday and I hope that a war in Iraq does not come
> on that day, I composed a poem called "STAND DOWN".
>
> Remember the movie "Wargames", with its famous line "Recall all the
> bombers....Stand down the
> missiles!" You get the idea.
>
>                     STAND DOWN
>
> THE U.S. must STAND DOWN on the attempt to wage war on Iraq.
> Why?
> There are reasons?
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> For the people in Iraq who have been already injured or maimed by
> past U.S. military campaigns.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> For the famous people who are against war in Iraq, like Terry Riley and
> Susan Sarandon.
>
> STAND DOWN....
>
> For our economy which has been already racked by corporate scandals.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> For all of the people who lost their jobs due to the Enron and the
> Worldcom debacles.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> For all of those people who fear about being drafted.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> Because the military campaign in Afghanistan incited possible war with
> Iraq.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> For all of the people protesting the U.S. Navy military exercises on the
> Puerto Rican island of Vieques.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> Because of the passsing of the Sedition and Patriot Acts; going to war
> with Iraq means those acts will get even tougher.
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> To prevent possible retaliation from Al-Qaeda and related terrorist
> groups.
>
> And finally...
>
> STAND DOWN...
>
> Because Woodrow Wilson tried his best to stand down after the Francis
> Ferdinand assassination in Yugoslavia to
> avoid U.S. involvement in World War I.
>
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