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Exactly! I can’t get out of my head the ludicrous image of Not-My-President-Trump likening his failure to give our allies advance warning of the war in Iran to Japan’s failure 85 years ago to warn the U.S. before it attacked Pearl Harbor. So wrong on so many levels, and all while sitting face-to-face with the Japanese prime minister!

In Only His Gut Does He Trust

With Japan’s prime minister seated,

a classy blue suit on her back,

a reporter asked Trump why he chose not to tell

U.S. allies about the attack.

Why didn’t we tell our allies?

I decided it wouldn’t be wise.

Surely they would have spilled the beans.

The element of surprise

was critical. Why risk it?

Japan well understands—

‘Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?'

Exactly the same as Iran.

Our allies can’t trusted.

Just a bunch of worthless swine.

We don’t need them now in the Strait of Hormuz,

though you’d think they would all get in line

to put their ships and sailors at risk.

I did them all a favor.

What good is NATO? When push comes to shove,

like deer in the headlights they waver.

It’s America First, and Russia next

with Europe dead last in the middle.

As the price of oil goes up in flames

this Nero continues to fiddle

by lifting Iranian sanctions,

so that fourteen billion in sales

can be spent by them to build more drones.

Now how could that strategy fail?

When it comes to the art of war.

No intelligence is needed.

I go with my gut. Just myself do I trust.

May mein enemies all be defeated!

Dale K. Nichols

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