Afghanistan Canadian Peacekeeping

Afghanistan Canadian Peacekeeping

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
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