It is ironic that the nation, that gave the most in terms of lives and destruction as a result of Hitler's moves against it, has gone to school on how Hitler was able to grab huge chunks of real estate in Europe without firing a shot and even when his bluff was finally called on Poland and France and Britain declared war on Germany, the result was the almost total absence of hostilities, the Phony War, which only ended when the Germans in lightening fashion swept through Holland, Belgium and France in May of 1940 and would have been landing almost unopposed in England if Hitler had not lost his nerve and instead listened to Goring and stopped his panzers, enabling the Brits to evacuate almost the entire BEF back to England from Dunkirk.
Our President has been outclassed by Putin; we are no longer feared; we are no longer trusted to fulfill our promises or our threats; we have lost our ability to lead. The headlines in Fox implied playing Russian Roulette; even though in roulette the house always wins, the game is far too dangerous when the chips are also nuclear. Some thoughts below:
Russian Roulette With Nuclear Chips
No
matter how many times the wheel turns or the cylinder spins
At
least if we are foolish enough to this game play
Don't
give Putin more rounds in the chamber to slay
If
all the best our leader can do on the sanction front
Is to
pull the 10 oligarch deny access stunt
Time
to leave the casino of nations and regroup
Time
to put some backbone and thought back in the loop
Crimea
is probably today the most like the Saar
Where
Hitler in 35 was not an invader but a redeeming star
Russian
territory since long before the Charge of Light Brigade
On
this spin Putin outclasses he gets the A+ Grade
And
the U.S., we just continue there-will-be-costs fade
Victims
of misguided red lines in the sands charades
Time
for this nation to realize the Bear in all its potential fury is back
No
neighbor with even one Russian speaking native is free from its attack
In
response to the feckless and weak sanctions’ joke
Russia
announces their Iran anti nuke stance they may revoke
Time
to open up what is left in our dwindling purse and military coffers
Give
to Ukraine all the military aid they need and a NATO membership offer
Now
more than ever is not the time to our military power shrink
As we
edge closer to more Russian moves to Eastern Europe chain and link
Tell
our EPA to take an immediate hindering of drilling, fracking and Keystone XL hike
To
Putin thanks but no thanks on Iran, they end nuke race or our neutrinos will
strike
American
energy needs to expand, we need to put BTUs in the cylinders to revolve
Bullets of doubt replaced
by American energy into Europe and watch the Russian economy dissolve
Crimea
is gone and perhaps from Russia it never did depart
But a
Ukraine, Moldavia, the Baltics annex grab we must stop before it starts
No
one in their right mind would ever want a war in which only the cockroaches win
But
our perceived weakness only puts more rounds in Putin’s chamber to spin.
And as we from the world stage continue to
with or without lines retreat
We only embolden more Putins across the
world no longer fearful to move for our defeat.
If there ever was a time to agree we have reached the water's edge
If we do not unite we will be pushed by to the nuclear ledge
It is now, it is time to on foreign policy on Russia, North Korea, and Iran
One voice, with resolve, no more shifting, politically induced lines in the sand.
© March
19, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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