Yesterday I watched an interview
With Shaker Aamer formerly a
Detainee at Guantanamo which
Shook me considerably. I posted
It on my FB page and urged people
To watch it but to be cautious as
It would be quite upsetting to hear
That we good Americans so readily
Administered such mistreatment to
Another human being. I also posted
That it’s been a year since Diane
Feinstein’s Senate investigative
Committee on torture published
The 600 page summary of their
7,000 page findings still under
Wraps for some reason I can’t recall.
Oh yes. It’s because the intelligence
Agencies would rather NOBODY
Read it—it’s the technical reason
They can keep it secret—that I don’t
Remember. They shouldn’t have
To worry though the original summary
Raised only a minimal fuss. The country
Has become accustomed to dismissing
Serious problems. Hearing them, but
Shoving them aside. Let’s see if I can
Remember them all since September 11:
Invading Afghanistan where Al Quaeda
No more was but the Taliban were so
We suppressed them by paying off
Local warlords—the only effective
Political forces outside of Kabul the
Capital. Then since our military toe
Was already in the water, what better
Time to chase down non-existent
Weapons of mass destruction based
On sketchy intelligence and in complete
Denial by UN investigators and
Eliminate as well that pesky Saddam
Who reputedly ordered an attempt to
Assassinate a president’s daddy. Next
Was the promise of being welcomed
With open arms, like the French
Greeting the greatest generation
As they rolled into Paris. Hey,
Speed it up there’s lots more to
Cover: no WMDs, Abu Graib,
Insurrectionist vanquished, a
Pallet load of $100 bills disappears
At an airport, Bagram Air Base Prison,
Chelsea (nee Bradley) Manning,
Wikileaks, Edward Snowden, John
Kiriakou, James Risen, so many
More, the second coming of David
Petraeus (this time with his mistress),
Withdrawal from Iraq, delaying
Withdrawal from Afghanistan, then
Going back to Iraq, rebuilding
In Afghanistan, all the while
Killing thousands with drones
But not a single civilian, then
Daesh which means both ISIS
And ISIL (no need for all three).
Don’t forget the second story
Disputing the official tale of Osama
Bin Laden’s capture in Pakistan
By Pulitzer Prize winning
Investigative reporter Seymour
Hersch. But there were so many
Reasons not to remember the lies,
Deception, and torture, the regular
Deaths and the cost: please forgive
Me—since I’ve paid attention to the
Wars I may have missed a few:
Dancing With the Stars, Downton Abbey,
Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, Keeping
Up with the Kardashians, Kanye West,
Star Wars, and like I said many others.
The oligarchs think the national mind’s
Been bombed out so offer them ten or
So clowns for their next head of state.
They’ll babble garbage four years
And the wool shall have been pulled
Forever over your eyes.
c. J.S.Manista, 2015
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