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Osama, Where Are You?

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Without spilling
The blood
Of it's children?

Is there
No way
To return
To the glory
Of Seville, Cordoba, and Valencia?

I ask you
I implore you
I entreat you
I beg you

In the name of 'The Most Holy'

Call off the dogs of war
Stem the blood tide
Dam up the rivers of hate
And roll back the clouds of doom

Help turn the Beast
Away
From Hell

Help calm the Beast
Into returning
To guard
The gates
Of Heaven

Help us all
To return
To the garden
Of Abd al-Rahman

Osama, where are you?

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Jim Bush is a 61 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in Katy,Texas. He was raised in a military family. His father received the Silver Star for directing troops while under air attack at Clark Field in the Phillipines, survived the (more...)

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