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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! THANH-THANH · 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 © Thanh Thanh & The Writers Post 1999-2004.
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