To all my Right Honourable MPs,
Crocodile tears,
You statesmen cry
Just two minutes
And by the end
Your tears are dry
Back to your offices
To authorise
Another batch
Of men to kill –
To die like flies
Remember, you tell them,
Lest we forget
Follies of war
Steep us all in
Deepest regret
Let’s arm al-Qaeda
To kill the Russians
The Muslim Brotherhood
To kill Gaddafi
We’ll topple Egypt,
And Syria,
And Libya –
AND THEN WE’LL
TOPPLE THEM
BACK AGAIN!
Harmless mistakes to be
Quickly absolved;
More to the point
Let’s find new wars,
Become involved
Zero boots on the ground
Well, just a few.
Hundred. Thousand.
What we told them
Is largely true.
Crocodile tears,
We statesmen cry
Just two minutes
And by the end
Our tears are dry
Yours Sincerely,
The Prime Minister
