Like Pinochet before him, George W. Bush is vulnerable while traveling overseas and was forced to cancel a speech in Switzerland for fear of arrest.
There’s a box that you check
when you book a room online
right after
arrival and departure dates
number of nights
bed size
smoking or non-smoking
pets
Right before you select
method of payment
it asks
have you ever committed a war crime?
There’s a pull down menu
for those responding yes
and still more choices
criminal environmental modification
suspension of civil liberties
targeting non-combatants
extra-judicial executions
unlawful use of force
torture
And this was his latest mistake
not learning from Pinochet
whose excuse didn’t include
ignorance of the internets
J. D. Mackenzie is a semi-regular contributor to The New Verse News whose day job as a community college administrator leaves him with insufficient time to write a proper bio.
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