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Contributor: Stephanie Galiardo
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Freedom's Price Tag

country as flag - small
The twinkling of stars
The dead of night
It's morning in Iraq
And our soldiers must fight.

Ambushed by citizens
They fought so hard to save.
A boy places flowers
On his father's grave.

The irony of this
Is the war has been won
But taps still play
With the salutes of a gun.

The brave men and women
Who gave all to the end
Were slaughtered by the citizens
They tried to defend.

"What's the purpose of war?"
Some critics may ask.
They claim the issue of oil
Has set President Bush off task.

But if they'd just open their eyes
And look at the facts
They'd learn of the destruction
Caused by the Baath Party attacks.

The mass graves tell the evil
Of Saddam's dead regime.
Thank God he was ousted
By the Bush and Blair team.

Yet Bush and Blair are shunned
By a world that's grown cold
For trying to restore the ideals
That were shaped in God's mold.

The soldiers are forgotten
As they lie in their grave.
The flag is spit on
To dishonor the brave.

What's happened to our nation?
Whose calloused heart is ice cold?
This is not what are forefathers
Had wanted us to behold.

Freedom and liberty
Can't come without cost
I weep for the soldiers
Our country has lost.

They knew what would happen
To the land of the free
If they didn't stand against evil
To protect you and me.

Soldiers are lost
And families must weep
But I thank these brave heroes
For the freedom we keep.
By Stephanie Galiardo
Copyright 2003
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