{"id":26673,"date":"2023-10-27T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=26673"},"modified":"2023-11-03T18:20:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:20:25","slug":"my-muse-on-world-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/my-muse-on-world-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrias: My Muse on World Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note: My Muse has a burr under her saddle about things\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Arrias<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/arrias_muse1.png\" width=\"214\" height=\"288\" \/>What Makes Sense?<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t make much sense to me<br \/>\nAll that is going on,<br \/>\nTerrorists conduct a raid<br \/>\nOn a warm, clear dawn.<br \/>\nRaping, burning, killing,<br \/>\nCivilians, all unarmed.<\/p>\n<p>More than a thousand so they say,<br \/>\nHundreds more badly harmed.<br \/>\nEvil of an ancient kind,<br \/>\nOr so it seemed to me,<br \/>\nBut then the newsman told me the truth!<br \/>\nFrom the River to the sea!<\/p>\n<p>And so the call to rein Israel in,<br \/>\nThe IDF\u2019s response must be restrained,<br \/>\nWe will tell them what to do,<br \/>\nViolence must be contained.<br \/>\nBut for 18 months we have said,<br \/>\n\u201cNo one should tell Ukraine when to halt,<\/p>\n<p>After all &#8211; the Bucha Massacre,<br \/>\nNot after such a violent assault.\u201d<br \/>\nEveryone declared Putin<br \/>\nA war criminal beyond the pale,<br \/>\nBut surely we must talk to Hamas,<br \/>\nAnd not get caught up in each detail.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine can fight for every inch,<br \/>\nWe will not say a word,<br \/>\nBut the Israelis &#8211; oh those whacky Jews,<br \/>\nThey\u2019re crazy, haven\u2019t you heard?<br \/>\nUkraine can seek vengeance,<br \/>\nPutin\u2019s evil after all.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been nothing like him<br \/>\nSince the garden and the Fall.<br \/>\nBut we need to talk to Hamas,<br \/>\nYou must understand the nuance,<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a very complicated process,<br \/>\nOnly Ivy Leaguers understand the dance.<\/p>\n<p>And the IDF need take a chill pill,<br \/>\nIt was only a thousand folks or so,<br \/>\nRaped and burned and butchered,<br \/>\nSurely Israel brought it on, you know?<br \/>\nAfter all Bibi\u2019s a terrorist,<br \/>\nThe IDF\u2019s attacks must cease\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Never again? Never again?<br \/>\nIsrael\u2019s the real threat to world peace!<br \/>\nLet the pros from Foggy Bottom,<br \/>\nAnd the Hague handle this,<br \/>\nThey can talk to the folks in Tehran,<br \/>\nI\u2019m sure nothing will go amiss.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times, The BBC,<br \/>\nThey will tell us all the truth,<br \/>\nFrom the River to the Sea,<br \/>\nThey will rewrite Ruth\u2026<br \/>\nAfter all we\u2019re just little peons,<br \/>\nThey\u2019re Ivy Leaguers with Big Brains.<\/p>\n<p>So what it all seems ass end to,<br \/>\nTheir logic tied up in chains\u2026<br \/>\nSo, send aid to Gaza, and to Ukraine,<br \/>\nRussia is beyond the pale,<br \/>\nKiev gets F-16s and more missiles,<br \/>\nSaleh al Arouri will be a professor at Yale.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Arrias<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author&#8217;s Note: My Muse has a burr under her saddle about things\u2026 &#8211; Arrias What Makes Sense? It doesn\u2019t make much sense to me All that is going on, Terrorists conduct a raid On a warm, clear dawn. Raping, burning, killing, Civilians, all unarmed. More than a thousand so they say, Hundreds more badly harmed. 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