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THE WRITERS POST (ISSN: 1527-5467) VOLUME 5 DOUBLE ISSUE WINTER 2003 SPRING 2004
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THANH THANH
_______________________________ JUST CAUSE
(translated by the author) YOU asked
me to tell about my native land, And you made
as if you did all understand; But,
I was aware you gave to it no
priority, Except
to amuse yourself with your curiosity. Would
it be too demanding if I asked back Your
opinion on the war that became a crack As
the longest and most controversial conflict To bedevil and
cause people to contradict? Do
not mention the fifty-eight-thousand lost, One-hundred-and-seventy-billion
dollars cost, And
the way it happened in that painful past, Its
social and mental syndrome
thence to last. Just
tell me what you feel, think, and
react When they claimed lack of Just Cause a fact While
National Security and Interests’ scope Is asserted to include
anywhere on the globe! Why
not to let Europe for the Nazis to take, And
Asia for the Mikado militarists to invade, And
West Germany for the Soviets to fool, And
South Korea for the Red Chinese to rule? Of
course, the States had to pay
some prices To
win and gain the
biggest and best slices! Thus,
they had recourse to “No Just Cause!” Only because they
came to a defamed pause. Wait
and see! I bet, it will be taking actions To intervene for and
against certain factions. The
Middle East, Africa... the cons and pros: No
more “Far! Strange! Misjudging the foes!” Now, you have got it:
It is remedying things! Iron
fists? velvet
gloves? just
tactical swings! The
Free World must win to redeem its
pride And justify that the Just Cause is on our side! · THE WRITERS
POST (ISSN: 1527-5467), VOLUME 5 DOUBLE ISSUE WINTER 2003 - SPRING 2004 Editorial
note: All
works published in this issue are simultaneously published in the printed Wordbridge magazine double issue 3 &4 Winter 2003
& Spring 2004. (ISSN: 1540-1723). Copyright
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