In April 1991, Daryl Smith offered a patriotic ode praising President George H.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, Ronald Reagan, and Cap Weinberger, celebrating U.S. and allied troops in the Persian Gulf for Desert Storm and Desert Shield, the expulsion of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait, the destruction of his military capabilities, and the freedom and peace won through the service and sacrifice of the women and men who fought, were wounded, and died.