Cut and Run

Tens of thousands
are starving and dying,
Somali Warlords
rule the land.
The world watches
while children are crying,
So send in
the Americans.

'This is a bad idea!',
said Congressman Murtha,
'This is not our fight.
Bring our troops home.
I demand
an immediate withdrawal!
Vietnam taught us
to leave well enough alone.'

He pressured the President
for withdrawal,
Even before
the Blackhawk went down.
Dragging our soldiers bodies
through the streets of Mogadishu,
made Clinton think
Murtha's logic was sound.

Clinton vowed
to bring about justice.
A short while
later our troops had withdrawn.
We'll help the Somalis,
just not like this.
Was John Murtha
right all along?

Osama watched
with great interest.
As we showed
that we don't stick to our guns.
He said,
'America
is just a paper tiger.'
America
will always cut and run.

In Iraq,
John Murtha's demanding withdrawal.
There are others
who stand with him too.
What they fail to see
in 9/11,
Is that
this started in Mogadishu

"But your most disgraceful case was in Somalia whereafter vigorous propaganda about the power of the USA and its post cold war leadership of the new world order you moved tens of thousands of international force, including twenty eight thousands American solders into Somalia. However, when tens of your solders were killed in minor battles and one American Pilot was dragged in the streets of Mogadishu you left the area carrying disappointment, humiliation, defeat and your dead with you. Clinton appeared in front of the whole world threatening and promising revenge , but these threats were merely a preparation for withdrawal. You have been disgraced by Allah and you withdrew the extent of your impotence and weaknesses became very clear. It was a pleasure for the " heart" of every Muslim and a remedy to the " chests" of believing nations to see you defeated in the three Islamic cities of Beirut , Aden and Mogadishu. "

Osama Bin Ladin, 1998 Declaration of War against the United States


by AZ