Tom Lehrer (begin jaren zestig):

What do we do? We send the Marines!
For might makes right,
And till they've seen the light,
They've got to be protected,
All their rights respected,
'Till somebody we like can be elected.

Randy Newman (2007):

I?d like to say a few words
In defense of our country
Whose people aren?t bad nor are they mean
Now the leaders we have
While they?re the worst that we?ve had
Are hardly the worst this poor world has seen