The terrorism war begins to sag. The perpetrator we were meant to bag Remains at large, and wartime fervor fades. Then Bush and all his hawkish White House aides Drop sanctions as the way to tame Iraq And say, "Without delay, we must attack." If that war sags, there's still a backup plan. It's war without delay against Iran. And when the zest for that war, too, has faded? That's easy: North Korea gets invaded. But then it's hard to think of what to do. Destroy Bahrain? Bomb France? Invade Peru?
Calvin TrillinThe terrorism war begins to sag. The perpetrator we were meant to bag Remains at large, and wartime fervor fades. Then Bush and all his hawkish White House aides Drop sanctions as the way to tame Iraq And say, “Without delay, we must attack.” If that war sags, there’s still a backup plan. It’s war without delay against Iran. And when the zest for that war, too, has faded? That’s easy: North Korea gets invaded. But then it’s hard to think of what to do. Destroy Bahrain? Bomb France? Invade Peru?
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”