2 weeks before Xmas

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T'was two weeksbefore 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 booty- 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!
 
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