wih friends like these...

the Cairo junta disappears its foes
and makes a mockery of Rule of Law
democracy's exploring a new low
 as Morsi writhes in Riyadh's puppet's jaws
the Arsenal of Liberty's a whore
embracing tyrants when it serves our ends
opposing whom we hate buys merit more
than any ethics one seeks in a friend
we rule a despot "good" or "bad" at will
depending on the crises of the day
and even Josef Stalin fit the bill
until--with Hitler dead--we parted ways
no moral compass could plot out this course
where "rights" are merely figleaf for brute force