Cops of the World

Eight-hundred U.S. bases spread world-wide
project our power over all time zones
that non-state actors on the other side
can't hope to match, together, or alone
our military budget's out of hand
three score and ten years since we've been at war
our leader would have nothing to command
if Congress didn't always budget more
as Eisenhower warned, so it transpired
industrialists write bills and pass acts
the president's a frontman whom they've hired
to guarantee a steady flood of tax
our weapons would all rust were there no ops
so we appoint ourselves the planet's cops