Catullus Critiques

A Work in Progress
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So that was his whole point

banning Ukraine from joining NATO ever

security agreements what do they mean?

don’t they mean a security guarantee just like NATO?

a guarantee Britain once gave Poland

that brought England into Hitler’s war

an EU guarantee plus nuclear-armed Britain

always willing to go to war for an ally

Though Caesar’s not the man he was he’s super smart

he played himself into a lost position

caused an unexpected intervention

found himself another part to play

messenger of bad news

NATO’s defacto border where the front line is

a strategic defeat for Russia

a victory for the West

if it would come true

when you’ve been trumped you play a long game

for time’s on your side as all things decline

before he can fail, he must first succeed

cheer on success and toast him with wine

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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