A short but catchy political song from the completely uncapitalized pink floyd album the final cut.

Here it is in toto:

brezhnev took afghanistan
begin took beirut
galtieri took the union jack
and maggie over lunch one day
took a cruiser with all hands
apparently to make him give it back

composed by roger waters
copyright © 1983 by pink floyd music publisher ltd., london.
all rights reserved.
CST Approved

Some explanation may be required for our younger viewers.

• The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to suppress Muslim insurgency¹, and apparently due to envy of Vietnam. Leonid Breshnev was leader of the CCCP at the time.
• Israel laid siege to Beirut in order to force out the Palestine Liberation Army.
• Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands (a.k.a. Malvinas Islands) in 1982 to gain possession of them from the British. England fought back. This was the brief Falkland Islands War. Three torpedos from the British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror sunk the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the war. The General Belgrano was originally feared lost with all hands, but in fact 'only' one third of the crew, 323 Argentines, perished.
• Maggie is Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister. She authorized the attack, which took place outside the 200 mile 'exclusion zone' around the islands.