Since Alexander The Great Poem by James Bredin

Since Alexander The Great

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They’ve come and gone in Afghanistan since Alexander the Great,
They’re at it again and the whole affair is up for debate,
The Imperial British and the Russians all came and left,
Unfortunately we’re there now with our politicians bereft.

Faith can move mountains, they say, but it can also cause a war,
Highway of Heroes killed by detonators, while at death’s door,
We can’t leave our politicians all say and we bow our heads,
Another reason for binding referendums, to remind the feds.

Because every day they add another year to our stay there,
Nothing much changes because no one will ask or even dare,
No one seems to have an answer to that terrible affair,
And on the Highway of Heroes we stand in a trance and stare.

Nov 18th,2010

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Juan Olivarez 20 November 2010

You are absolutely right again James. The tribes in the middle east have been fighting since time immemorial nothing we say or do will ever alter that.

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