"Hearts and Minds"

it came out of Vietnam
did hearts and minds,
sounds good hey
sounds good.

first of all
you bomb the shit out of them
from above with your B52, silently
and don't forget that napalm, for
nothing smells better then
burning flesh on a slow
sunday morning stroll,
now we can have some local fun
artillery and a couple of
jolly green giants
gatling guns a blazing,
that should soften them up,
and just when they think it's over
we can send in our
brave infantry boys to
destroy what's left with a
little rape and torture
just to add a little spite,
and don't forget that body count boys
our figures must add up.

later

a week later
the tree huggers arrive
the medics and the
hearts and minds brigade,
showing concern, faces grim
asking questions, taking notes
nodding heads a plenty,
patching up wounds and
giving out food and sweets galore
then they leave.

later

it begins again
a fucking joke
is hearts and minds.