Rumsfeld Used Mechanical Signature on "Killed in Action" Correspondence

by Tony Peyser

I did a little test
You should do the same:
It took me six seconds
To write out my full name.

But Rummy was too busy
And never even tried
To sign formal letters
For soldiers who had died.

Troops sacrificed their lives
And all that they had in it
But he could not give up
One tenth of a minute.

A question remains and|
I’ll be the one to ask it:
Does this show respect for
A soldier in a casket?

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Tony Peyser provides poems and weekly cartoons for The Santa Monica Mirror. He was also a daily cartoonist for the L.A. Times from 1994 to 1997. You can contact Tony via email at tonypeyser@yahoo.com.

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