The Terrorist in Chief by David Rovics

“Obama gave a speech, I wrote a song.”

Terrorist In Chief

It’s September 11th and Obama gave a speech

On the War on Terror and its mighty reach

The arm of the law is long and victory will be ours

As long as we cooperate with certain powers

Such as the ones who funded the Islamic State

The Saudis are our allies, of this there’s no debate

The misogynist king will bring us some relief

From the Caliphate – so said the Terrorist-In-Chief

It’s September 11th, listen to the man

Talk about successes in Afghanistan

Still the world’s poorest country, still beneath the yoke

Of the very terrorists whose back he claimed we broke

Now we’re at war with IS in Syria and Iraq

Though we can’t support the main army that’s fighting back

They’re terrorists too, though with a secular belief

So down with Assad! So said the Terrorist-In-Chief

It’s September 11th and there’s someone on the screen

I’m still trying to figure out what he means

The Peshmerga are ours now, we give them air support

While just across the border, lives cut short

By our Turkish allies, also in this fight

As they kill our infantry when they have them in their sights

There are some things not worth mentioning, he’s got to keep it brief

So said the Terrorist-In-Chief

It’s September 11th and I’m hearing every sound

3,200 boots, but they don’t really touch the ground

And all the mercenaries, they don’t really count

These details don’t matter when there’s a campaign to mount

Just listen closely, the White House has it sussed

We’ll protect those refugees, these oil cans won’t rust

No, not Honduran kids – Yazidi ones, good grief

So said the Terrorist-In-Chief

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