Friday, January 3, 2003
Mesopotamia Comments
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1917
They shall not return to us, the resolute, the young,
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Rudyard Kipling
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Olivia Morrissette
30 May 2009
This is a work for all times, not just 1917. Nearly took my breath away.
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7/21/2025 10:29:52 AM # 1.0.0
Yes, this is an eerily predictive poem, especially since Mesopotamia in 1917 is Iraq today. Were the world leaders of World War I really as stupid as George W Bush and Tony Blair?