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McConnell is gung ho on Trump’s denial
To certify compliance with the deal
This bodes not well for future deal revival
New sanctions would the whole agreement kill

They claim this gives Iran a future path
To nuclear technology. They say
That in a few short years, Iran could have
The means for making bombs. It is their way

However, the inspections would continue
On, beyond the ten years of phase one
And it’s now known Iran in just a few
Short months we’re ready nuclear tests to run

But if the Congress sanctions reimpose
And nullifies the UN resolution
Despite the hardship US sanctions pose
Iran would gain from any such solution

They’d secretly buy everything they need
From North Korea and from Pakistan
And so would others in the Middle East
Ignore proliferation treaty bans

And once the genie, nuk, escapes its vase
And we have lost our standing in the world
No putting of it back; that is the case
Then years of chaos fate will at us hurl

10/14/17

 

 

What’s Congress now supposed to do
Since they’ve been tossed the hot potato
While Trump our credibility destroyed
The signatories all incredibly annoyed
No longer leader, we once were de facto
They’ve sixty days to levy sanctions new

And if they do, that abrogates the deal
Iran could then resume its nuc ambitions
And we’d be isolated in that action
The other nations wouldn’t join with sanctions
Nor have we leverage to impose restrictions
This makes the likelihood of war quite real

Since our Agreements now cannot be trusted
The North Koreans have strong rationale
To build their nuclear weapons in defense
With Trump, it is the path which makes most sense
The US can in faith no longer deal
And there’ll be many ways that we’ll be tested

10/13/17

 

 

Hooray! Hooray! The world survived Pres. Trump another day!
Each day of Trump survival is another day that’s good
Since we all recognize behavior simply understood
To be psychotic and erratic witnessing his way
Each day Trump keeps from nuking North Korea or Iran
Is yet another day to celebrate, perhaps ‘twill stay his hand.
In any case Republicans have eyes but remain blind
They see their dreamed-of tax cuts; seven years its been in mind
They’re hoping Trump won’t blow us up before their bill is signed
As if it made a difference in the US GDP
Although some funds might make it home from holdings overseas
Let’s hope Republicans are right and Trump behaves as should
Each day of Trump survival is another day that’s good

10/12/17

 

Lots of urgency that’s facing us tonight
People dying daily; Puerto Rico’s toll
FEMA has no supervision, lack of oversight
Moving at a snail’s pace, abrogating FEMA’s role

Fires in California burning up and down the state
Structures by the thousands been devoured in smoke and flames
Brush fuel was explosive, that plus winds accelerate
The rapid fire expansion; climate-change is what to blame

But the story most disturbing are accounts from White-House staff
That the President’s demeanor has deteriorated worse
He has claimed he hates his staff; he’s unraveling, acting daff
Neither Kelly nor McMaster can contain him as his nurse

Corker sounded the alarm: Trump is dangerously not okay
But Ryan most deliberately mislabeled this a feud
Trump’s likely to take action on Iran and on N K
His actions could change everything: agreements come unglued

This is the calm before the storm; the storm is what comes next
It could be war with North Korea; many thousands dead
It could be Trump accepting not Iran’s conforming tests
Whatever ‘tis, we look upon the future with some dread

10/11/17

 

You may not believe it nor even conceive it
But the JCPOA, our deal with Iran
Is not with nations pursuing the ban
Despite how News treats it, or how Trump might tweet it
The deal is the UN res. 2 2 3 1

Compliance with terms and defined practice norms
Are determined by the Atomic Energy Agency
And not by the US, Trump’s current fantasy
Trump’s lack of acceptance despite the inspections
Will little affect its continued legitimacy

However if Congress decides it should transgress
The terms of the JCPOA,
Which Iran hasn’t yet disobeyed,
And impose brand new sanctions which would be infractions
Then a new Nuc. device Iran soon will have made

10/10/17

 

 

Mr. Chairman we salute thee
Like it is, it’s what you said
Trump’s recklessness is in zone red
Propelling us to World War Three

Robert Corker’s no light weight
He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations
Well respected o’er the nation
He’s worried about the world’s fate

Gen. McCaffrey put it bluntly
We are headed straight for war
Trump seems decided that’s the score
Rejecting all diplomacy

My own opinion differs some:
Trump is bluffing, Kim’s aware
A war would be beyond repair
And neither wants to act so dumb

10/9/17

 

 

Chuseok (chu-sak)

Korean harvest festival (Thanksgiving)
15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar
Full moon
Coincides with the Hebrew Sukkot harvest festival

Chuseok

The Koreans are real people
Just like the Jews …and even the non-Koreans
And even the non-Jews

Did the Nazis know that?
Did our soldiers committing the No Gun Ri South Korean massacre know that?
Does Mr. President All Mighty Trump know that?

Atrocities are only committed on sub-humans
By humans of even lesser standing

Of course we can beat Kim Jong conventionally militarily
Several hundred thousand Koreans, North and South would be killed
But American casualties would be relatively minor

Koreans North and South just finished celebrating Chuseok
Jews in Israel and all around the world are still celebrating Sukkot
Americans soon will be celebrating Thanksgiving
We need to celebrate each other
Celebrating the common-nous of being human

Tell us Mr. President All Mighty Trump
For whom would war be waged?

10/8/17

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I’ve lately been watching one Senato Burr
Who heads the Select Senate Intel Committee
He claimed to’ve been stopped; further findings deterred
Because Christopher Steele he would next have to see

Burr’s got lots of questions ‘bout Steele’s dossier
Like who put the funding and who were his sources?
Such data an agent’s not free to relay
Nor does it shed light as a matter of course

My sense is: Burr’s stalling, delaying the day
That fateful tomorrow when he must admit
The Steele dossier to its core was okay
Its major assertions were proven legit

It’s why Donald Trump is so much in a panic
It’s why he’s so desperate to shut the probe down
He knows what is true, once revealed, he can’t ban it
His Presidency will be drummed out of town

So Senator Burr we can’t blame you for trying
To slow down this railroad, delaying collision
But surely it’s obvious, there’s no denying
That Congress is due for one hellish decision

10/7/17

 

One, two, buckle my shoe
I got a secret, but won’t tell you
Three, four, shut the door
It’s now the calm before the storm
Five, six, pick up sticks
Nothing left beyond my fix
Seven, eight, shut the gate
The Iran Accord I really hate
Nine, ten, start again
Tillerson’s gone, but I won’t say when

One, two, buckle my shoe

10/6/17

 

Reportedly Trump threw a furious tantrum
That Tillerson publicly called him a moron
And would’t retract the report as fake news
My guess is that’s Tillerson’s real point of view

Like I said yesterday, I’ve little doubt
That this Secretary is on his way out
But who would replace him to be undercut
By a moronic Trump, who one never could trust?

Trump sounds like he’s killing the deal with Iran
Claiming they haven’t met terms of the ban
But Iran will say: point to one thing we’ve not done
Trump then will review all the primaries he’s won

It’s coming to pass that the Steele dossier
Is gaining in prominence, each Mueller day
It won’t be long now as the evidence mounts
That Trump will fire Mueller to turn things about

10/6/17