| 1) After the Dawn of War II
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| | police action, he explains to me, and
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| [Iraqi 2006]I looked over the shoulder
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| | feels perhaps we have overstayed our
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| of the world
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| | welcome. “And what are the
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| Through its crawling fog
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| | motivating factors now?” he asks.
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| And heard the cold cries
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| | He adds, “When we get into
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| Seen the stir in the eyes
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| | questioning the motives, after a war,
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| Heard the trumpets of war
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| | when they are not clear, it is perhaps
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| Breaking the silence of dawn
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| | time to leave…” Dennis being
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| (Heard somebody say):
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| | a Vietnam Veteran knows a little bit
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| “Soldiers will die today
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| | about how it all works; and here in this
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| For Iraqi Liberty—
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| | poem, he paints his picture of war, the
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| That thou endure.”#1371 6/16
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| | Iraqi war, and how he sees the colors of
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| 20063) War Flag III
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| | war through color crayons of a little
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| (Post Iraqi)Lone are the days and short
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| | boy. Rosa PenalozaCommentary on War:
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| Before the next cruel war—
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| | I’m fifty-eight years old, and I
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| What spirit then shall fill a sweet
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| | can’t remember a time when the
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| despair?
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| | United States was not at war, preparing
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| To wave the flag of war…and say:
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| | for another war, or just getting over a
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| “I’m here and Ready!#1372 6
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| | war (not to include WWI and WWII); thus,
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| 16/20063) The Color of War I
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| | we’ve had a busy half-century. I
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| [Iraqi: war poem]I saw the other
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| | was but three years old when the Korean
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| day—
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| | War broke out, in l950, and in 1953, when
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| A little boy coloring away
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| | it was tranquilized. Then again in 1964,
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| (With crayons) in a sketch book;
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| | my friends went to Vietnam, and I in
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| With every colored pencil
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| | 1971, that war ended in 1975, an eleven
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| Under the rainbow—
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| | year war. I thought we’d have
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| And then some…And when I took a
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| | peace but we got a few more wars
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| second look
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| | in-between (we always do); such as, in
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| I thought of the Iraqi war
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| | the 80s Haiti involvement, Granada, and
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| (American and Allied soldiers)
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| | some secret Central American things;
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| And all the colors it stood for:Red was
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| | nothing real big. And then we got Bosnia
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| for the blood they’ve shed;
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| | in the 90s, and a few other little East
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| Gray, for depression of their families
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| | Europe wars to attend to (mixed with
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| Far away…
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| | these wars we had Granada and a few
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| Blue was for sad skies;
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| | African uprisings); always helping out
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| Black and white, for death and life;
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| | Europe with their little squats, which
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| Green, for the spoils we’ve not
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| | they feel are important, and when it
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| seen;
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| | comes to American made squats, of course
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| Brown, for the dray and dusty nights
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| | they are less important to them.Also in
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| All the solders had to fight—on
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| | the 90s we got Iraqi I, and in the now
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| Foreign ground.I pleaded, for the boy to
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| | 21st Century, we’ve had to contend
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| stop,
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| | with Afghanistan and Iraqi II. We are a
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| Surprised, he looked up at me—
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| | country full of warlords to be sure. What
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| With his deep blue eyes, haunting
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| | will be next, between 2007 and 2016, as I
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| Me, he said, with a tear on his cheek:
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| | had predicted in 1984, we will be in line
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| “I wanted to color the
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| | with the onset of WWIII. We have been
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| soldier’s feet!”
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| | fighting it since l950, with Korea, now
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| I looked and there it read:
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| | it is set in motion: the war on terror is
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| ‘Peace’
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| | part of it of course. When I say set in
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| Already colored-in, with gray:
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| | motion, I mean, things are going to fly.
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| Said the boy still looking at me:
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| | We already got Iran and Korea on the hot
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| “That’s the way it
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| | list; Syria is bordering it; and we are
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| came.”#1371 6/16/06Here is an
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| | going to have to contend with the Arabs
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| unusual war poem Dennis has written
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| | sneaking through South America to North
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| today, on the Iraqi war. He said after
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| | America and lighting up a path once they
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| following it for four years,
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| | got on solid ground. Russia and China
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| “…it is getting old; yet it
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| | are becoming economies with highbrow
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| sells papers doesn’t it?” He
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| | ideas; we may have ruled the 90s, but I
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| was for
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| | fear, things will change, as often they
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| the war when it was a war, so he told
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| | do.
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| me, but now it is not, it is more a
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