Some IR Haiku
By Kurt Mills Who Teaches At
James Madison U.

Copyright 2003 Kurt Mills

(A work in progress...)

Axis of evil
Iran, Iraq, North K’rea
Bush’s enemies

To war with Iraq
Weapons of mass destruction
All about the oil

North Korea nukes
We talk rather than invade
They do not have oil

Hummers, SUVs
Use much of world’s gasoline
Must invade Iraq

Terrorism war
It's everywhere, anyone
Might be put in jail

Osama, Omar
Dead or alive, where are they
War on terror failed

Guantanamo Bay
Prisoners, but not of war
Should we torture them

Should we go to war
World says no, do we listen
We say, why should we

Oil, oil everywhere
But not enough to pump, yet
There is in Iraq

John Ashcroft will take
Our civil liberties, but
Will it end terror

Iraq no fly zones
Twelve years so far, bombs away
Almost every day

Troops on way to Gulf
Tanks, missiles, really big bombs
Will we invade soon

Deterrence, they say
Prevented nuclear war
But did it really

Neorealists say
It's structural anarchy
What about free will

Star Wars, SDI
Would stop nuclear missiles
Reagan's fantasy

Land of Palestine
Occupy, suicide bombs
Share Jerusalem

Al Aqsa, Hamas
Bodies all over the streets
Will it ever end

Free trade for the world
Benefits corporations
What about the poor

Global climate change
CO2 rise, oceans rise
Bangladesh will drown

ICC punish
War criminals, mass murder
US says no thanks

Children's rights treaty
No child soldiers, child labor
US says no thanks

United Nations
Security, human rights
US says no thanks

Kyoto treaty
Stops global warming, sea rise
US says no thanks

Does Africa count
Obviously not to Bush
He cancelled his trip

PM Tony Blair
Bush's poodle, does bidding
Brits make fun of him

Cheney in hiding
Where is he today
He is the real prez

Dubya, Dubya, duh
Misunderestimated
Village idiot