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THE ENEMY

Politically Incorrect Thoughts

Are we guilty?
Did we deserve:
The Marines bombings in Lebanon
Black Hawk down
The Cole
Hostages
Beheadings
Bombs on airplanes
September 11

Whether we were right or wrong
Invaded for democracy or for oil
Had good or evil intentions
Innocent or guilty
Supported Israeli occupation
Doesn’t matter
We are the Muslim’s enemy
Not just Bin Laden
Not just Hamas
Not just the radicals
Muslims despise us
Muslims despise our values
Muslims despise the West

The Quran authorizes death to infidels
Muslims have declared Jihad
They do not seek truce
They do not seek peace
They seek an Islamic world
Muslims are the enemy
Muslims are my enemy





WHY DO THEY KILL OUR SOLDIERS?

In full flight gear, helmet in hand,
Our president leaped from the jet
To the carrier deck, and declared
“Mission accomplished!
The tyranny is ended.
Iraq is free.”

Those words were world awaited.
But war rages on.
Suicide bombs, car bombs, roadside bombs,
Insurgents kill and maim our soldiers.
Our soldiers came as liberators.
Why do Iraqis kill our soldiers?

Iraqis call our soldiers occupiers,
Infidels and enemies of Allah.
But our soldiers fought to free Iraq.
Our president declared the “Mission Accomplished”!
Iraqis aren’t dancing in the streets.
Instead, they kill our soldiers.

DAMNED

If only I could believe
There’d be no fear of dying
But if I said “God, I believe”,
He‘d know that I was lying
So if there really is a God
I best not try my soul to sell
Lest I be damned by God himself
To dwell forever in Dante’s Hell


SILENCE

Innocent, guilty
Right, wrong
Good, evil
Doesn’t matter
Infidels are the enemy
We are the infidels
We are Islam’s enemy

Bin Laden, Ahmadinejad
The Taliban, Hizbullah, Hamas
Egyptian Brotherhood, Radical Islamists

They are not the Muslim majority?
So where is the Muslim majority?
We do we not hear them.
There is overwhelming silence.

A THANK YOU NOTE FROM IRWIN TO ALL
FOR MY 80TH BIRTHDAY PARTY
THAT LEONA MADE FOR ME

It was a wonderful party,
A complete and utter surprise.
I expected supper at the club
With lobster rolls and fries.

I was struck dumb. I couldn’t speak
When first I saw the people there.
People I hadn’t seen in years
Looking great, a little grayer.

I’ll try to recall who was there.
So many I hadn’t time to greet:
Cousins, friends and associates,
The party was Leona’s feat.

The greatest of Leona’s coup
The publication of my book!
Because of her I’m in bound print
Not just a jingle writing schnook.
Hats off to Amy and Julie
Who conspired with Leona and Fred
To produce a video of my life
My early years, the life I led.

Cousin Barbara was the first
A little older, but a beauty still.
We were just kids growing up.
I loved her then. I always will.

And there was my cousin Victor
The only survivor of Shlomi Brown.
He remembered winning our wrestling “match”.
He beat me then. He could beat me now.

What a surprise for me to see
Rabbi Splansky with Greta Lee.
Jeff’s bar mitzvah and two mezuzahs
Fourteen years since the eulogy.


Uncle Harold our patriarch
With Aunt Charlotte his loving mate
Honored me with majestic presence
Making me feel like I really rate.


Marvin and Doris gave to me
A snapshot of a youthful three.
Bringing back the memory
Of handsome Bernie, Marvin and me.

My niece Andi just back from Basel
Added sparkle to the surprise.
She and Doug looking fit and trim
A pleasant sight for my old eyes.

Sumner, my oldest brother-out-law
And his beautiful young wife, Annette
My drinking pal in the family,
A cocktail for two is what I get.

A wonderful brother-out-law, Norton.
An athlete, and my liberal friend,
Who hates George Bush with a passion,.
But he loves his Dottie to the very end.

My classmate cousin Judy came.
Adding love to a happy day
I thought of Ed. We all loved him
There’s nothing else for me to say,

Sam with Sandy, the Grandma of
The wonderful Bat Mitzvah three
Your mazel tov is well deserved
You have an amazing family.

We wished that Alan were with us, but.
Anne made the trip with Ted and Jim
Representing our Westport friends
With their zest, vigor and vim.

Tom “Nips” Stover and Jesse Ehrlich
Representing Hanscom Patents
Reminded me of my Air Force days
And my humorous antic talents.

Jeff and Carla lost their way
So they arrived a little late.
They didn’t hear them yell “surprise”
‘Cause coming late’s a family trait.


Phyllis, Laurie, Elyse and Bob,
Beryl’s oldest and her dearest friends.
Mine as well, over fifty years
Good friends all, that time transcends.

Cousin Mimi and David Brown
Pinned my name on a far off star.
I’m now known throughout the world
That’s only reached by a lunar car.

I was “best man” in forty-six
Carol and Jack will both attest.
I’m not so sure that’s true today.
Jack’s aged well, and now’s the best.

Esteruth and Lenny
Sent a gift that I must mention
A Lenny Rumpler original
To grace my art collection.

Laurel & Bill and both their kids,
Jonathan and Rosalie,
Unexpectedly came to town
And celebrated the day with me.

In fourteen years with Leona,
Her friends became mine, too.
They tolerate my humor and
Some outrageous things I do.

So without trying to make a rhyme:
I toast them all together
Leona’s gang of wonderful friends:
Charlie and Marge, Larry and Joan,
Joel and Carole, Barry and Myrna
Helene and Marty, Howie and Evie
Robin and Art. Leona thanks you.
I thank you. We both love you all

Last but not least, “me Amy”
I just didn’t realize
She was sending all the invites out
So I never did surmise
That she and Leona planned
My huge birthday surprise.

Thanks to all, with love
Irwin