The Iraq War - 5 years anniversary - Bush Lied

Bush lied, but no one died.
Yet...

March and April 2003
Iraqis died, a killing spree
Our ground troops were in the midst of hell
Three weeks later Baghdad fell
Bush lied, and 139 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

Just six weeks later, the first of May
Bush landed on a carrier in a flight-suit that day
“Mission Accomplished!” he then declared
A photo-op with the world he shared
Bush lied, by end May 176 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

The Iraqis kept fighting, sectarian groups
And stuck in the middle, our American troops
Like a rat in a hole, Saddam was caught
But the war just continued and insurgents fought
Bush lied, by 2003 485 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

The fighting continued, excuses were gone
But Bush he was brash, he said "Just bring ‘em on!"
The reports they came in, "Oh gosh, golly, gee!
Saddam never, ever had any WMD!"
Bush lied, by 2004 1,334 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

Abu Ghraib was America’s shame
But no one in power accepted the blame
Halliburton was there making big bucks
American troops were just sitting ducks
Bush lied, by 2005 2,180 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

Iraq to 9/11 was never connected
Cheney kept harping but was never corrected
Al Quaeda was not in Iraq before
But now they are there and growing more and more
Bush lied, by 2006 3,113 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

In 2007, General Petraeus did urge
Bush took his advice and ordered a surge
Our troops kept on dying, they were ordered to fight
It seemed to be working, but no end in sight
Bush lied, by 2007 3,904 Americans died
And how many Iraqis?

The price tag $3 trillion, the cost of that lie
How much Health & Education could that money buy?
And now they're inflaming the worst of our fears
McCain says "We’ll be in Iraq for 100 years!"
Bush lied
5 years later, by March 2008, 4,000 Americans died.
And 30,000 Americans wounded
Estimated 100,000 Iraqis dead, and 1 million Iraqis wounded
Bush lied!

Postscript

Bush swore he would finish the Al Quaeda search
But their leader is still there, still high on his perch
Six years and more now the search has gone rotten
And Osama bin Laden has now bin Forgotten
Bush promised to find bin Laden
Bush lied.

©Jim Pinto
19 March 2008