this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people – without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

three images and poem below the fold

A boy cries during a funeral for his three sisters killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad November 3, 2006. The sisters were among 15 killed in a bomb attack on Tuesday that targeted a wedding procession in northeastern Baghdad. Picture taken November 3, 2006.
REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)


Former U.S. Pentagon adviser Richard Perle gestures during a news conference in this Oct. 14, 2003, file photo in Jerusalem. Perle, a leading proponent of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, now says devastating dysfunction within the Bush administration has turned U.S. policy there into a disaster.
(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)


US President George W. Bush(L) greets supporters as he arrives at Springfield Exposition Center for a campaign rally in Springfield, Missouri. Looking to turn the tables on his critics, Bush accused Democrats of attacking him on Iraq without having a plan of their own just days before key US elections.
(AFP/Mandel Ngan)
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Sympathy for the Devil
by Jagger/Richard – The Rolling Stones

Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man’s soul and faith

And I was round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a generals rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made

I shouted out,
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
’cause I’m in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I’ll lay your soul to waste, um yeah

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what’s puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down

Woo, who

Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!

Tell me baby, what’s my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what’s my name
I tell you one time, you’re to blame

Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who

Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What’s me name
Tell me, baby, what’s my name
Tell me, sweetie, what’s my name

Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
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a personal note: Play it loud.
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