Saddam Hussein The American Patriot
Alex Galper
Saddam is crazy about America:
when his murderous sons are away,
he unfurls the Star-Sprangled Banner in his bunker,
watches baseball at night, orders pizza,
washes it down with a cold beer.
On the morning after the Thanksgiving,
he raids the fridge and secretly
finishes turkey leftovers.
Saddam blows all his oil money
on the latest models of Nike sneakers,
forces his enemies to listen to country music
and to dance hip-hop for hours.
Hundreds lost their minds from these inhuman tortures
or committed suicide.
The Butcher of Baghdad executes dissenters
by making them watch the complete
TV coverage of the Oscars.
Thus he’s successfully rooted out Iraqi opposition
and continues to Americanize Iraq.
Make no mistake about it: if you
don’t love Hussein, you don’t love America!
Translated from Russian by Igor Satanovsky and Mike Magazinnik
