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on Ukraine
this runs far deeperdestruction of a nationMoscow’s callous goal ~ n.b. Having failed with invasion, Moscow’s aim seems to be to turn Ukraine to ruins. Blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam is just another day at the office for the little man in The Kremlin. How will this be ended? CLP 07/06/2023 →
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6th June
Veterans gather at City HallRemembering the storiesTold by their seniors of The BeachesJuno, Sword, GoldOf Canadian cousins with bicyclesAnd American men who washed ashoreTheir blood soaking through the sandOn Utah and OmahaDecades have passed since D-DayNever again, Europe swore.Above, the lifeless flagUkraine’s Yellow and Blue ~ CLP 06/06/2023 →
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innocents murderedbecomes standard war practisedeath of innocence ~ n.b. Has the war now reached Moscow, from whence it came? CLP 31/05/2023 →
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this is the futureunmanned aerial vehicleswar without soldiers ~ n.b. Eventually, no human risk to intervention, weapons fight weapons, just civilian casualties. Who will prevail? The belligerent with most money. Something not previously the case, as the wealthy nations don’t like to see too many of their poorer sons sacrificed. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, Suez, Iraq, →
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‘Bakhmut is Gone’ nowits name remains on a mapshells have left mere shells ~ n.b. Today the New York Times shows film taken from a drone of the broken city. Three people huddled by a wall, checking whether it is safe to creep around the corner of a block, on their journey to god knows →
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on Ukraine
how could I complainof broken sleep caused by wine?you wake to sirens ~ n.b. Day 429. Cruise missiles launched at Ukraine’s cities before first light. Moscow’s unending terrorist attack on Ukraine persists. CLP 28/04/2023 →
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Naming
Let us not pretendNames are unimportantWords are deployed likeBooby-trapped IEDsIf you trip the wireIt cannot be defusedNor put backIn the groundShrapnelPiercing heartsFragmenting argumentsThrough misnomersCall this warOf words and mindsWhile children lieBrokenUnder collapsedApartment blocks ~ n.b. Day 427 (I think). CLP 26/04/2023 →
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on Ukraine
twenty-five years forVladimir Kara-Murzafor calling out war ~ n.b. Mr Kara-Murza stayed in Russia to inform Russians about the invasion of Ukraine under the orders of Moscow. Sentenced to twenty-five years for being critical of Russia’s leadership, an exemplary sentence has been imposed. As a holder of Russian and British citizenships, it is thought he →
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on Ukraine
corporate killersrecruiting mercenariesbusiness as usual ~ n.b. The Wagner Group is the ultimate in government outsourcing operations. How can the war end when so many make money from conflict? The EU has just reiterated sanctions on Wagner Group associates. Meanwhile shares in weapons manufacturers soar. See BAe shares for the past three years , for →
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on Ukraine
oh by the way, foodBlack Sea Grain Initiativethe world needs feeding ~ n.b. Would you mind passing the bread basket, while you’re at each other’s throats? The blithe expectation that wheat grain from Ukraine will not only be sown, grown, harvested, but shipped out, despite the nation being invaded by Moscow and the mercenaries, strikes →
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