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On the Brink of Catastrophe

This subject is too fraught for eloquent poetry So please indulge me in a straightforward thought or three For the first time in its modern history Israel is on the brink of internal catastrophe True, there's been bleeding before, sometimes severe But to the rescue rode a Menachem Begin or a Golda Meir Yet never before has the military been disaffected And without it, the specter of an Israel unprotected ... Morphing into invasions by Syria, Jordan, Hezbollah and Iran Israeli captives marched to their doom in Tyre and Amman Leaving Russia and China free to move in for the kill Every holy site in Jerusalem ~ oceans of blood spilled The world thrown into chaotic darkness, its center destroyed All thanks to cowardly Bibi, who, fearing jail-time, turned paranoid May his senses return immediately ~ Or may he vanish mysteriously

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Date: 3/28/2023 12:57:00 PM
Whoa, Gershon, quite a poem.I appreciated this , because Israel is ignored by the world. They do not know that Muslims hate us with a passion They forgot 9/11. The thousands that died. And many Jews have been slain, whether IDF or a child in a stroller by Palestinians, who as you know are paid to kill and act like ”victims.” AOC loves the Palestinians or any Muslim. Christians are in the dark about Mohammed .And Israel and the USA hated by them. Gershon! NOT MANY CAN TELL THE TRUTH. PANGIE XO
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 3/28/2023 7:05:00 PM
Thanks for the appreciation, Pangie!
Date: 3/27/2023 11:21:00 AM
Oh my heart…
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Date: 3/28/2023 7:02:00 PM
Hang on there, Kim. A lot of this is theatrics. There'll be a coming together sooner or later. Hope it's sooner...
Date: 3/27/2023 9:31:00 AM
It is truly a disaster, Gershon. I can feel your pain as America seems each day to be edging closer to civil war. What has become of us?
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Date: 3/28/2023 7:00:00 PM
We have met the enemy -- and it is us! ~ as Pogo used to say. ~ Walt Kelly
Date: 3/27/2023 12:55:00 AM
And again, Jacob Frank. Elizabeth
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Date: 3/28/2023 7:00:00 PM
You have an interesting point there, Elizabeth. Thanks for the comment. ~ Gershon

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