After five years.

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The war in Iraq has become one of boredom Like a formula film that we've seen before That was tragic enough to watch the first time But is just plain awful to endure as a sequel Nothing about the war measures up to The Nam That at least brought us a slew of great music Meaningful new stories, exciting demonstrations And an intense sense of purpose and pathos The war in Iraq brings us exactly nothing new But a limp sense of meaningless blood and gore And even the so-called "good" things being done Are pitifully poor compensation for the crimes Committed in the name of Freedom and God The whole endeavor smacks of a dysfunctional And stubborn, attempt to repeat an ugly history And win it this time, no matter what the price In terms of lost lives, treasure, and values With no one side holding the high, moral ground We are truly caught up in the pathetic beating Of an already dead, and mutilated, old horse To the point of being covered up in so much crap That we will eventually end up down on our knees Exhausted from the sheer drudgery of it all

Authors Bio:

Jim Bush is a 67 year old, Vietnam-era veteran, currently living in 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 Bataan Death March, and spent three and a half years in a Japanese POW camp. He also received the Purple Heart for wounds received while a  POW. Jim served as an army photographer in Okinawa and Korea. In 1987 he traveled to the war zones of Nicaragua with a veteran's group dedicated to stopping the Contra War.