An Analysis of the War by the Newly Rehabilitated Trent Lott

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the December 18, 2006 edition of The Nation.

November 30, 2006

If we didn't have 'em tied down in Afghanistan and Iraq, they'd be, you know, somewhere else-- in England, or even right here.    --Senator Trent Lott on Fox News

Apparently, he means it's simply grand
We didn't win and leave, as we had planned,
Since we can count on Bush--that he'll endeavor
To keep those people tied down there forever.
In other words, as far as Lott can tell,
This war is really going very well.
Lucky us.

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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