Wag The Dog
When “America First” Becomes Endless War
This asshole is playing with all of our futures. Hopefully, this will turn his supporters against him…finally. (If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, watch the movie Wag The Dog.) Scroll for more genres, as always.
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You said the border would be iron,
Said tariffs would make us rich,
Said prices would come down easy,
All you’d do is flip a switch.
You said you’d drain the swamp dry,
Break the deep state curse,
You told us it would be America First
But all I see is Americans last.
You swore you’d end the forever wars,
No more sons in desert sand,
No more folded flags on coffins
Delivered by a trembling hand.
You mocked those who marched us east
On lies and oil and on greed,
You told us it would be America First
But all I see is Americans last.
Epstein Files locked behind closed doors,
Deadlines passed, still wanting more,
Transparency promised, buried instead,
The powerful’s secrets left for dead.
Poll numbers falling, headlines burn,
So light a match and make it turn.
Wag the dog, shake the sky,
Fire a missile, sell a lie,
When the house is falling down
Find a war to spin around.
Wag the dog, beat the drum,
Hear the cameras start to hum,
When the questions get too hot
Start a war and change the plot.
Six hundred strikes in a single year,
Somalia skies, Yemen in fear,
Caribbean boats with a second tap,
Venezuela taken at gunpoint’s trap.
Nigeria Christmas cruise missiles fell,
Syria vengeance dressed up well.
No vote in Congress, no debate,
Just “inherent power” to seal their fate.
Operation this, operation that,
Names that sound like baseball bats,
Midnight Hammer, Southern Spear,
Absolute Resolve appears.
Hawkeye Strike and Rough Rider,
Every month the circle gets wider.
And now this.
Wag the dog, change the frame,
Call it freedom, call it flame,
Call it strength, call it pride,
Bury the truth beneath the tide.
Wag the dog, rally round,
Drown the doubt in bombing sound,
When approval slips away
Find a battlefield to play.
You said Iran’s one week from the bomb,
Then said their program’s gone,
You said it’s imminent and it’s clear,
Then said the danger disappeared.
You said diplomacy had failed,
While talks were quietly derailed.
You said missiles could reach our shore,
No proof, but always “just one more.”
You said it’s for Iran’s protesters dead,
For thirty-two thousand tears you shed.
You said it’s terror, nineteen seventy-nine,
Hostages frozen back in time.
You said they plotted you by name,
You said it’s Israel’s geopolitical game,
You said credibility’s at stake,
There are red lines we cannot break.
Regime change wrapped in liberty,
Freedom sold on primetime TV.
Twelve excuses, take your pick,
Every story twisting quick.
Where’s the vote that war requires?
Where’s the law above desires?
War Powers written in black and white,
Not bypassed in the dead of night.
You swore you’d end what others did,
Called them reckless, said you’d forbid.
Yet here we stand with soldiers dead,
Another Middle East bloodshed.
Wag the dog, strike the match,
Feed the fear to distract,
When The Files trend today
Send the carriers on their way.
Wag the dog, hear the roar,
Add another endless war,
From America First, you pounded your fist,
From “no more wars”…and now this.
Excellent David!!