I watched a film about the First World War
Explaining how it came to be its causes
How nations felt the fear and circled round
In groups of allies waiting for the charge
We are doing it again over Ukraine
Gathering all our guns and aiming East
Blaming Putin for the sorry mess
Not seeing our contribution to the feast
I’m with Mearshimer when I think of this
Do not double down but open up
Make the peace Ukraine a neutral zone
Before we fall to war and the game is up
Putin’s aggression is simply born of fear
And Nato is the enemy he sees
So engage all our diplomacy remove the present threat
And bring us all to sense and to our knees
Brian Fahy
29 June 2022
+ What would we do if America stayed away from Europe? The presence of American power is making us lazy when it comes to promoting the peace of Europe. We called the US in twice in two great wars, to save us. Now we are doing it again. We need to make friends with Russia, not live in constant fear of that land.
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