Christmas in Baghdad in 2004

by Tony Peyser

Unafraid of a
Terrorist attack
A top broadcaster
Went to Iraq.

To much laughter
And boisterous whoops
He proceeded to
Entertain the troops.

Some would say this
Is insanity
(By the way, it
Wasn’t Hannity.)

One could easily
Wind up as mush
(If you’re wondering,
It wasn’t Rush.)

To fly in like this
You’re a target to kill
(It also wasn’t that
O’Reilly guy Bill.)

What right-winger was it?
Where’s that memo at?
Found it! It was David
Letterman, a Democrat.

Where were Republicans?
The plot begins to thicken
Like most chicken hawks
They were all too chicken.

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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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