Rachel Maddow leads the pack
Of news reporters known of date
She’s to the chase. She seeks the facts
Where other only speculate
Four Green Berets in old Niger
We’re ambushed, killed by ISIS men
A routine visit, often there
This time was different why and when?
It all dates back to travel bans
Installed by Trump on Muslim nation’s
This time it included Chad
With soldiers best of local nations
Chad then withdrew its special forces
From its neighbors, from Niger
According to the Maddow sources
This emboldened ISIS there
Conjecture? Yes, but it makes sense
And what of Trump’s new quietness
On this occurrence; why suspense?
Trump broadcasts only of success
The really sad thing, all things said and done
Is that the nation Chad got on Trump’s list
Due to a clerk’s decision that was dumb
Four soldiers killed. Ineptitude! I’m pissed!
10/19/17
