Consequences

All would be quite different today

If we hadn't interfered

In Iranian politics

In the 1950s. What is weird--

Or maybe isn't when you consider

How the world functions--is how

What we did way back then

Is coming back to haunt us now.

Helping to orchestrate a coup,

Our CIA helped a man--

Mohammad Reza, the Shah--return

To be the leader of modern Iran.

The Shah moved the country forward,

But there was also a huge increase

Of harsh acts to stifle dissent

By the Shah's secret police.

The 70s brought a revolution.

The people rose up, and then voilà:

Iran became an Islamic Republic

And said good riddance to the Shah.

What we have now is a mess:

Iran wants to define its role

In the Middle East, while we have

A leader with no impulse control.

Ignoring possible repercussions

And thinking he knows so much more

Than all the experts, he could likely

Involve us in a senseless war.

A recipe for disaster? Yes.

The president MUST be stopped in his tracks.

A sense of diplomacy and brains

Are two important things he lacks.

-by Bob B (1-11-20)