Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Unintended Consequence

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: GLOBAL POLITICS


Unintended Consequences

 

War is a blunt instrument of change

Even when victorious on the battlefield

It produces unintended consequences

It changes oppressors into the oppressed

Transforms the oppressed into oppressors

It alters the balance of powers

In ways we could not anticipate

It strengthens aggressor nations

It destroys natural alliances

 

Hamas has ended Israeli democracy

No longer will Israelis take to the streets

To protest the strongman of Jerusalem

No longer will the people push for change

Hamas with this ill-advised attack

Has unified the Israeli people

Has strengthened Israeli alliances

Has weakened the resistance

And given Netanyahu all he wanted

 

This war is a colossal blunder

Not only will it end the lives of innocents

It will turn the world against you

Now you stand with the outcasts

Now you stand with death and destruction

Now you stand against order and justice

No longer can we plead your case

You have chosen the way of war

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