Blood/Oil Pantoum – A Conversation

* Italicized selections are quotations from President George W. Bush.

Statement: What’s good for us, has to be good for everyone else.
Response: For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible
no one can now doubt the word of America.
Statement: If that is what we are told, should we believe it is right?

Response: For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible
Statement: We all make mistakes every now and then,
if that is what we are told, should we believe it is right?
Response: We all thought there was weapons there…

Statement: We all make mistakes every now and then
Response: I think war is a dangerous place
We all thought there was weapons there…
Statement: War? What is it good for? Getting what’s Right.

Response: I think war is a dangerous place,
everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.
Statement: War? What is it good for? Getting what’s Right.
In the end, the loss and cost will all be just.

Response: Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear
no one can now doubt the word of America.
Statement: In the end, the loss and cost will all be just.
What’s good for us, has to be good for everyone else.