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Cheney Says Iraq Insurgents Are in ‘Last Throes’

A poem on Dick Cheney and his penchant for war.

Calvin Trillin

June 16, 2005

When rockets fly and battle smoke is thick, It’s good to hear from “Four Deferments Dick.” He’s always sure. He knows what warfare is– Enough to know it’s not for him or his. Insurgents somehow, though they’re in the throes, Kill more GIs–but no one Cheney knows.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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