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Angels Really Devils?

Deception, mystery, intrigue
the stuff of legends in and out of wars
it is a question of "who is fooling who"
and so the filter if time thus bends

Pas-de-Calais was the scene of invasion
or so Hitler's soldiers were led to believe
Operation Overload was in full stride
real aim was Normandy

Even then it would be no smooth sailing
for bunkers and trenches fortified German spots
Two thousand American soldiers dead just at Omaha Beach
epic a word that doesn't come close do description

Let's not forget the significance of this point
for it bothers many still
when talk about that club, mostly
in their D.C. chambers, on their thrones

For that was the last time formerly
Congress officially declared war
which makes a wonder in the question
what is the war powers act really for?

It supposedly gives the President a timetable
in which the executive can direct forces
without congressional oversight
way it is used these days reminds things are whacked out

For who in Congress has the guts to object
when troops are already in harms way
and we have had so many blood lettings
since Normandy was fresh in the minds

Korea believed to test the domino theory
if one falls that all will at a later time
didn't quite go the way we intended
hard to reason when you have taken a person homeland

Need we forget presidential visits to Moscow
when the prowess pf the Soviets was what they wanted seen
found out that were flying the same planes over
with a few cosmetic touches here and there

Next was Vietnam I don't need to give details
burn a village to save it
the mantra often heard
who cares about Agent Orange?

The chemical concoction was deadly
and lead to birth defects to many to count
but made stock holders in Monsanto and Dow rich
"war is always profitable, they write you off a loss"

Cant even list the blood lost in Latin America
School of the Americas, what a facade
killing civilians some not even knowing the sides
Reagan even linking Iran to the Contras

So before you go off waving the flag
my country right no matter what
brother Peter he broke it down
all comes down to:
"It's an Eminence front
eminence front it's a put on
so come on join the party
dressed to kill"...

Lyrics from Santana, Peter Townshend (The Who)
Written by JAZZMANOR
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