Love thy neighbor, but not in our textbooks . . .

From the Wall Street Journal:  "Language about Islamic history in school textbooks is spurring battles across the nation, with some parents’ groups and lawmakers objecting to what they see as an overly benign portrayal of the religion’s spread and its teachings."

To "Love thy neighbor" is okay in these unsettled times;

but in our textbooks we must also list their awful crimes.

Just never mind the Inquisition or conquistadors;

with Islam we have got the chance to settle some old scores.

We'll paint them all as bogeymen, with bloody minds and blades,

and tell our little kiddies that is why we had Crusades.

Textbooks aren't for teaching truth with any kind of candor;

they are only useful for the spread of propagander.