General Eric Shinseki (ret.) has been named secretary of the Cabinet
post of Veterans Affairs.
The general, once somewhat disgraced,
Who spoke his conscience when he faced
The Congress, hoping they'd accede:
400,000 troops we'll need
To keep peace in postwar Iraq;
Because of that, he got the sack.
That is to say, old Rummy fired
The general who has since been hired
(Proven right since he retired)
So many vets to oversee,
Though once scorned by the powers that be.
Ah! Just and exquisite irony!