Junta will rule

Diplomacy is all about standing for contradictions with conviction! Or so I gather from the latest statement by the US foreign office!

Recently it was in the news
USA had expressed its views
That Pakistan should embrace
A more mellow democratic face.

They said they would tolerate
A schizophrenic head of state
On condition that he declare
Future polls to be free and fair!

Is this serious or a joke?
Don’t they really know the bloke?
In the current circumstances
Would he ever take his chances?

Musharraf is nobody’s fool
When he says the “junta” will rule
He is being foxy and sly
But in all honesty he does not lie!

The military junta that he leads
Draws its power as it breeds
Leaders with a feudal hand
In a poor and violent land.

Henry Ford in another age
Sold his cars with the adage
“Buy any color in the rack
As long as the car is black!”

The General takes a similar cue
And gives democracy its due.
“Vote for the most deserving,” means
“As long as they’re dressed in olive greens!”