Inspired by the cute
little book available everywhere, here's my stab at turning some of
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's words into verse. It's from a New York Times story published
today.
Debate and Discussion
I.
Opening Words
There should be
A debate and
discussion
On these things.
We can live with that.
We can live
with a healthy debate
As long as it is as elevated as possible,
And
as civil as possible.
II. But --
To the
extent that terrorists
Are given reason to believe
He might,
Or,
if he is not going to,
That the opponents might prevail
In some
way,
And they take heart in that,
And that leads to more money going
into these activities,
Or that leads to more recruits,
Or that leads
to more encouragement,
Or that leads to more staying
power,
Obviously that does make our task more
difficult.