Consider the War

Tune: Lionel Bart's "Consider Yourself"

Consider the War
Half-won.
Consider the rest
Merely formality.
It's going along
Just swell!
We're sure
You're
Wondering how to tell.

Consider the dead:
Not bad!
A coupla thou;
Nothing to squawk about.
The people are free—
And yes!
It's true!
We
Torture 'em less and less!

If you're a bit verklemmt, Call it "empty victory—
Contradictory,
At best";
But if you guys are wise,
Memorize
The Party Line,
'Cause it will. be. on. the. test.

Consider the facts!
. . . Or not.
It's no-never-mind
To us.
For, after we eliminate dissent, mein Gott!
There isn't a lot
To discuss.

* * * *

How is our mopping-up,
Vis-à-vis Guantánamo?
Would Geronimo
Approve?
Why are we propping up
Cockamamie governments?
Why does France support the Louvre?

Consider the cash
Well-spent.
We'd do it again—
Indeed!
And when the thing collapses like a Baghdad tent,
We'll do it again,
Guaranteed!