By

 

James Bredin

 

Intense imams don’t like to dream about democracy,

Because they are so deep into their own theocracy,

In the game of power they are like other politicians,

And democracy might interfere with their ambitions.

 

We can’t say for sure whether this is good or bad?

Without recall or referendums we too have been had,

In our so called democracy we wait years for an election,

In the meantime they’re inclined to take us in any direction.

 

How do you get an imam’s or politician’s attention?

Dead soldiers or a war seems beyond their comprehension,

Where the clash of regions and religions are involved,

If civilizations could just talk, some of this might be solved.

 

This is what the United Nations was supposed to be about,

Not sending armed soldiers in case someone had a doubt,

These were the only original UN expectations,

Forgotten long ago like the old League of Nations.

 

And those who scream about some humanitarian calamity,

Some distant disease, war, terrorists, plague or insanity,

Say they want peacekeepers promptly and money to boot,

And when you see their dictators, stand up and salute.

 

 

Sunday, August 21, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

James Bredin

 

 

Do we have a death wish or are we completely mad?

As our sons and daughters come home dead daily in a bag,

And as the numbers mount and we all tend to loose count,

When did peacekeeping become a war and on whose account?

 

Like you, I don’t know what’s on in Afghanistan over there,

They say that more of them are dead than us so don’t despair,

But because this is war, where is the battlefield?

Or do suicide bombers just jump out from being concealed?

 

And how, pray tell, can we the people, influence these events?

Or are we all happy and silent and no malcontents?

How many dead Canadian soldiers will it take?

Maybe a regiment for Afghanistan and the UN sake.

 

It’s too bad about those impoverished farmers and their land,

Afghanistan opium poppy crop was in bloom so grand,

But someone come along and damaged their plants?

Is this part of democracy and peacekeeping plans?

 

As we walk in a funeral march to a UN tune,

And await the next one which could be pretty soon,

Without recall, referendums and no set election date,

The list goes slowly upward as we watch the death rate.

 

We need someone to justify; give us a reason why we’re there,

More than an announcement that we’re a major UN player,

This is not WW1 where soldiers ran to their death,

This is adscam Liberal arranged management Macbeth.

 

Friday, August 18, 2006

 

 

What to do with the Charter

 

Trudeau/Chretien Charter

 

By

 

James Bredin

 

 

They wrote their Charter for “EVERYONE”, Ben Laden included,

Though he’s hiding in an Afghanistan mountain secluded,

We the people were not asked about this or given a chance,

The Queen signed it and we all watched TV as though in a trance.

 

The Trudeau/Chretien Charter did not give us property rights,

No referendums, no recall to their appointees’ delights,

It did not allow us to question these High Court appointees,

Their decisions are right and eternal and no questions please.

 

Their Charter did not allow for political term limits,

Which means they can stay for life to increase their benefits,

And although it gave us the right to assemble,

If you don’t assemble and be a member, you may tremble.

 

And proportional representation is never allowed,

We obey like a herd of sheep while we’re told to be proud,

And drunk or useless representatives cannot be recalled,

It doesn’t matter if all his/her constituents are appalled.

 

Their Charter did not allow for set election dates,

They can manipulate sessions and stay with little debates,

And free votes in Parliament are seldom if ever allowed,

It’s the party line for the brain dead sheep inside a cloud.

 

And don’t you dare ask if their Charter might be changed,

They’ll look at you as if you’re sick, demented or deranged,

We’re in Afghanistan having a fight with Ben Laden’s crowd,

Suicide bombers with Charter Rights that send us home in a shroud.

 

Thursday, August 17, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dead Reservists Loose their Lives and their Jobs

By

James Bredin

Will we eventually get the idea and wonder why?
Why are many young men going to Afghanistan to die?
Twenty six young soldiers added to the death toll,
Will someone please tell me why they’re dying in that hole?

We might stay in Afghanistan until they’re all dead,
Is my blood pressure going up; am I turning red?
Have we already forgotten Rwanda and Darfur?
Is there an end to this absurd Afghanistan UN tour?

Have we already lost track of how many soldiers are dead?
Are we so politically correct that we are frozen in dread?
Is it one or two a day and do we sometimes get a break?
No soldiers killed today for God and the UN sake.

When can we tell the UN that enough is enough?
Because one or two funerals a day is quite rough,
Our politicians don’t seem to get this meaning,
We’re sitting UN ducks and they’re not interfering.

Because there is no known battle field over there,
Suicide bombers just appear returning from prayer,
The enemy wears no uniform so they can’t be seen,
Are you getting the message; do you see what I mean?

The generals like this war but they don’t get blown up,
No need for a change, an adjustment or even a shake up,
Individualism not encouraged in a herd of cattle,
And suicide-bomb dead guys don’t make a sound or a rattle.

Peace keeping is not peacekeeping where there is no peace,
And suicide-bomb murders are on the increase,
And our guys are the victims in this grand UN affair,
And no one, absolutely no one at the UN seems to care.

Add terrorists and refugees and publication bans,
We need to be obedient, quiet and servile as we can,
Then add appointee judges of adscam politicians,
How do we get out of these missions and conditions?

Tuesday, August 16, 2006

 

 

 

 

By

 

James Bredin

 

Pompous politicians tend to pretend that they’re right,

When without a battlefield there’s no enemy in sight,

Where peace keeping and peace making makes no sense,

When we’re the enemy and suicide is their defense.

 

They can kill many men with one suicide bomber deranged,

Cowardly fanatical but the rules of engagement have changed,

Therefore peace making doesn’t cut it and we’re sitting ducks,

We’re dead or observers as in the Rwanda crux.

 

No uniforms in Afghanistan so killers are not known,

And suicide bombers approach completely alone,

Therefore peacekeeping in these places should be reassessed,

Only the UN would consider this type operation blessed.

 

As they pompously proclaim their sorrow for the dead,

They want more and the number should always be ahead,

Our UN is difficult to believe but this is true,

Like hitting your head on a wall till you’ve turned blue.

 

It takes guts to do this and even tougher to admit,

Before another dozen soldiers get the suicide hit,

There is no peace keeping and very little debating,

No enemy battlefield and suicide guys waiting.

 

Will we retire from peacekeeping or even the UN?

Or continue counting our suicide-bomber dead men?

Do we have referendums or recall or what do you think?

Can we impress the powers that be and will they blink?

 

Monday, August 14, 2006