Gato_Solo
Out-freaking-standing OTC member
>T'was two weeks before Christmas, And all through Iraq,
>The people still worried that Saddam would be back.
>The soldiers went out on their nightly patrol,
>Capturing the bad guys was always their goal!
>
>With raids seeming endless in the triangle Sunni,
>We hoped that not all of Iraq was so looney!
>We gathered the tribe of Saddam, in Tikrit,
>And suddenly now they all started to snit!
>
>They told of a farm where Hussein just might be
>Odierno then called on our boys- from the great 4th ID!
>More rapid than Baathists our soldiers they came,
>And he whistled and shouted and called them by name
>
>Now Delta, Now Rangers, Now Cavalry too!
>On Green Hats, on Pilots, I need all of you!
>Go to that farm and secure it right now!
>Capture his ass- you guys know how!
>
>Off went our soldiers under cover of night,
>So stealthy, so quiet with no trace of light
>While we back at home were eating our lunches,
>Our boys on the ground were following hunches!
>
>And then it was time for the raid to begin.
>The first target came up -empty within!
>Could it be our Intel was wrong once again?
>No! Somewhere nearby is the wolf in his den!
>
>And then, in a twinkling, camouflage torn away
>In a hole in the ground did their quarry lay
>Dazed and confused, right at them he looked,
>Did the stupid old fool know his goose was now cooked?
>
>He was dressed all in rags from his toes to his head,
>And his beard was as matted as 12 day-old bread!
>How the mighty had fallen, could this be Hussein?
>One look in his eyes was to know he's insane!
>
>Our boys got their man - how proud we all are
>The relief in our country is felt near and far
>A bath he has had now -yet he'll never be clean
>Forever tainted with mass torture and his Fedaheen
>
>To our soldiers we give our undying respect
>You always give more than we ever expect
>We hope you can have now a night with some fun
>Your loved ones back home say- JOB DAMN WELL DONE!
>
Thank you...
>The people still worried that Saddam would be back.
>The soldiers went out on their nightly patrol,
>Capturing the bad guys was always their goal!
>
>With raids seeming endless in the triangle Sunni,
>We hoped that not all of Iraq was so looney!
>We gathered the tribe of Saddam, in Tikrit,
>And suddenly now they all started to snit!
>
>They told of a farm where Hussein just might be
>Odierno then called on our boys- from the great 4th ID!
>More rapid than Baathists our soldiers they came,
>And he whistled and shouted and called them by name
>
>Now Delta, Now Rangers, Now Cavalry too!
>On Green Hats, on Pilots, I need all of you!
>Go to that farm and secure it right now!
>Capture his ass- you guys know how!
>
>Off went our soldiers under cover of night,
>So stealthy, so quiet with no trace of light
>While we back at home were eating our lunches,
>Our boys on the ground were following hunches!
>
>And then it was time for the raid to begin.
>The first target came up -empty within!
>Could it be our Intel was wrong once again?
>No! Somewhere nearby is the wolf in his den!
>
>And then, in a twinkling, camouflage torn away
>In a hole in the ground did their quarry lay
>Dazed and confused, right at them he looked,
>Did the stupid old fool know his goose was now cooked?
>
>He was dressed all in rags from his toes to his head,
>And his beard was as matted as 12 day-old bread!
>How the mighty had fallen, could this be Hussein?
>One look in his eyes was to know he's insane!
>
>Our boys got their man - how proud we all are
>The relief in our country is felt near and far
>A bath he has had now -yet he'll never be clean
>Forever tainted with mass torture and his Fedaheen
>
>To our soldiers we give our undying respect
>You always give more than we ever expect
>We hope you can have now a night with some fun
>Your loved ones back home say- JOB DAMN WELL DONE!
>
Thank you...