George Bush, Upon Hearing That the Iranians Abandoned Their Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003

George Bush, Upon Hearing That the Iranians Abandoned Their Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003

George Bush, Upon Hearing That the Iranians Abandoned Their Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003

All fired up and nowhere to go.

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Our plans were made, and so well laid, To stop them getting weapon-grade Uranium. I said that we Might well be facing World War Three. So we’d do sanctions in a rush, And then we’d bomb them into mush. But now our operatives insist Those plans for nukes do not exist. Oh, woe is me. Alas, alack. I’ve no more countries to attack.

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