They Died in Vain; Deal With It

by Ray McGovern

CommonDreams



".....Two passages (the first a one-liner) shout out their applicability to U.S. misadventures in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, and — God help us — where next?



“If they ask you why we died, tell them because our fathers lied.”



and



“It is not wise for the Christian white



To hustle the Asian brown;



For the Christian riles,



And the Asian smiles



And weareth the Christian down.



At the end of the fight



Lies a tombstone white



With the name of the late deceased;



And the epitaph drear,



A fool lies here,



Who tried to hustle the East.”"