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This time invasion
may work.
Bombing, certainly.
We can’t allow ourselves
to be victimized.
You can’t complain
we shouldn’t assassinate
your leaders.
We have declared you
terrorists.
We define you.
We can kill if we choose.
Don’t blame us
for the consequences.
All blood is
not created equal.
David Radavich’s recent collections are America Bound: An Epic for Our Time (2007), Canonicals: Love’s Hours (2009), and Middle-East Mezze (2011). His plays have been produced across the U.S., including six Off-Off-Broadway, and in Europe. He is currently president of the Charlotte Writers’ Club.