The Terrorist in Chief

The Terrorist in Chief

David Rovics' ode to US President Barack Obama. Deconstructing the Orwellian Newspeak of the 'War on Terror'
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Terrorist In Chief

It's September 11th and Obama gave a speech On the War on Terror and its mighty reach The arm of the law is long and victory will be ours As long as we cooperate with certain powers Such as the ones who funded the Islamic State The Saudis are our allies, of this there's no debate The misogynist king will bring us some relief From the Caliphate – so said the Terrorist-In-Chief It's September 11th, listen to the man Talk about successes in Afghanistan Still the world's poorest country, still beneath the yoke Of the very terrorists whose back he claimed we broke Now we're at war with IS in Syria and Iraq Though we can't support the main army that's fighting back They're terrorists too, though with a secular belief So down with Asad! So said the Terrorist-In-Chief

It's September 11th and there's someone on the screen I'm still trying to figure out what he means The Peshmerga are ours now, we give them air support While just across the border, lives cut short By our Turkish allies, also in this fight As they kill our infantry when they have them in their sights There are some things not worth mentioning, he's got to keep it brief So said the Terrorist-In-Chief It's September 11th and I'm hearing every sound 3,200 boots, but they don't really touch the ground And all the mercenaries, they don't really count These details don't matter when there's a campaign to mount Just listen closely, the White House has it sussed We'll protect those refugees, these oil cans won't rust No, not Honduran kids – Yazidi ones, good grief So said the Terrorist-In-Chief