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marymary
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Not In My Name

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Protecting civilian life against Gaddafi’s war machine in beseiged towns

The familiar checkmate

Democracy delivered to people mired in conflict against their own

Not, of course, a war for us or overstepping a mandate

Just support – an odd bit of equipment here and there -

A rekkie or two, protection from the air

Follow the money or the oil

When deciding to be loyal.

Murder a policewoman or blow up the plane?

Just move some goal posts, but not in my name!
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Excellent !
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Isn't a shame that life can be such a bitch, wouldn't it be so much easier if we didn't have to find answers to complex questions?
Children are like Slinkys - not much use for anything, but it always brings a smile to your face when you throw them down the stairs. Chinchilla
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Excellent poem and I'm with you all the way.
Yes this is the real "Little John" (or it could be "colin")
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