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  Review of the Year 2003

The Year in Rhyme - Part 1


We've come to the end of an eventful year
It's been full of scandal and full of fear
Saddam's been toppled down in Iraq
But there's still the threat of a terrorist attack

There's been other news like the Hutton inquiry
Where Alastair Campbell used his infamous diary
But let's put the conflict back to the fore
As we delve into the story of George Bush's war...

February
ECB requests venue switch for Iraq war

Powell presents evidence that Iraq has oil

UK citizens told to avoid Iraq; cancel holidays there

Tories deny open warfare; call in weapons inspectors

FBI arrest British pensioner believed to be Bin Laden

Mr Bean enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury

Iraq to begin missile destruction by firing them at Israel, US troops

March
UK forces ready for war; Simpson ready to liberate Baghdad

US troops ready for war; know roughly where Iraq is

Bush stung by "easy target" criticism

Principles discovered in Labour Party; ministers resign

Allied forces encounter "wrong kind of sand"

Bush achieves war aim #1: Iraq located and bombed

US to wipe out entire UK armed forces by end 2004

April
Iraq gun amnesty unsuccessful

McDonald's to diversify into edible food

Rumsfeld: There's nothing wrong with a bit of looting

Congestion charges hit London Marathon

Bush attempt to play snap with Iraq's most wanted cards fails

Travel chaos after unexpected Bank Holiday

Rumsfeld orders search for Saddam on Google

Saddam's WMDs stolen, recovered near Manchester toilet

May
Bush advocates bombing Toronto to rid world of SARS

New Tory information minister hails election victory

Iraq portable toilet "probably weapons lab"

Bush orders UK leadership "shake-up"

SARS outbreak offers new opportunities for idiots to prove themselves

Tory "leader" demands right to lifelong non-anonymity

Pentagon unveils new war tactic – destroy own weapons before start

Concrete blocks will prevent terrorist attack, says government

June
Race to establish truth about Iraq before end of national attention span

90% of Internet users are paedophiles - and you could be one of them

Israel kills key Hamas figure, peace now assured

President Bush and the Segway of mass embarrassment

Beckham transfer now biggest story in history of news

Emperor Blair denies that constitutional changes have gone too far

New fabricated intelligence dossier proves everything

Bush and Rumsfeld in card game spat

The Taliban in Afghanistan had more than met their match
And Dubya was looking for a brand new itch to scratch
The old man had some business with some fellow in Iraq
So little George decided he must send the soldiers back

He sent along old Mr Powell, the General from ninety-one
To show how Saddam Hussein had defied fourteen forty-one
He said Hans Blix was being tricked; Saddam would not disarm
And if nobody acted soon then the world would come to harm

Meanwhile in Downing Street George Bush had come to tea
He said, "Tony pal, we're all alone, will you be friends with me
I'll give you lots of oil trade as a token of our thanks
If you give me your full backing and a hundred Sherman tanks"

Tony jumped up on his lap and said, "That will be fine
I'll keep up the relationship between your country and mine"
So they hatched a plan to fool the world into fighting in their war
But other countries failed to see what they were fighting for

CND were not amused and they took to the street
All around the world people voted with their feet
Blair went on a mission to try to muster some support
But when Bush called for an update there was little to report

Countries didn't want to help, Blair just got criticism
They seemed to think that Bush's war would just breed terrorism
Chirac wasn't too impressed by Tony's show of power
And he didn't want bombs going off around the Eiffel tower

He said sorry Blair; this crazy war is something you'll regret
With pressure on Saddam Hussein, Iraq is not a threat
When the fanatics start to regroup, and lots of people die
Will you still be able to look us in the eye?

Tony stormed off in a sulk, back to Downing Street
He was feeling pretty pissed off, but still he wasn't beat
He called up Schroeder and said, "Have you got my back?"
But he said, "No, my rating's low, I'm siding with Chirac"

The sand was getting hotter in the deserts of Kuwait
And the people in the White House were getting quite irate
The generals told the government, "If you want to win this thing
You must get the soldiers moving, before the start of spring

The troops flew in from across the world, into the desert sands
By now the choice of what to do was out the UN's hands
Saddam had deviated from the rules of fourteen forty-one
And now it was time for little George to have a little fun

A day or two of shock and awe and the Iraqi troops were spent
In came the US soldiers toppling statues as they went
The British conquered Basra, using goodwill with their tanks
So some Iraqis shot them back, while others gave them thanks

The US TV networks were all quick to show support
With only pro-Bush sound bites, in all of their reports
And if anybody said that Bush's war was idiotic
They'd be slated by the US press and called unpatriotic

Meanwhile down in Baghdad old Saddam had made a dash
With a couple of dozen bodyguards and a trailer full of cash
He fled to a tiny little hole and didn't show his face
While the soldiers from the US used his palace as a base

Bush and Blair got slated because Saddam was on the run
And there was still no sign of their smoking gun
They'd employed a special task force to search all of Iraq
To find illegal weapons and get the UN off their back

On the afternoon of May the first, Bush came on TV
He said, "Thanks to me and Tony Blair, Iraqis are now free
The world is a better place without that man in power
And to our brave servicemen - this is your finest hour"

But the hard line sceptics of the war didn't quite agree
And being shot by US soldiers was not Iraq's idea of free
Soldiers from America were being killed by loyalist factions
And there were still calls for Bush and Blair to justify their actions

Then there was a breakthrough on a mid-December day
Saddam Hussein was captured and the allies said "Hooray
We've caught this evil tyrant and he's staying in Iraq
And all you loyalists still out there, had better watch your backs"

The problem now of what to do is still being disputed
Most Iraqis want this evil man to be tried and executed
Tony isn't bothered, he's just glad they've got their man
While Bush is more concerned about the US oil plan

So that concludes the story of the world's latest war
We're more at threat from terrorists than we ever were before
But don't let fundamentalists fill your head with fear
Just ponder all the other things in the news this year...


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