Tuesday, September 10, 2013

if a missile goes off course – v2


we call it safe, a surgical strike
from some off-shore position
long-range bombing
burning the munitions
so many scenarios, truth,
a flash point waiting
what then, Mr. President
about boots on the ground?

if a missile goes off course
hits a neighborhood
if Hezbollah strikes Israel
or one of our ships is hit
if a pilot is shot down
or an Iranian is killed
what then, Mr. President,
about boots on the ground?


Edited September 10, 2013
if a missile goes off course – v2
New poem September 8, 2013
if a missile goes off course
New poem September 8, 2013
pilots in the sky
New poem September 8, 2013
a lie, a canard
Edited September 2, 2013
“what comes next – v3”
Edited September 2, 2013
“what comes next – v2”
new poem September 2, 2013
what comes next
my post to Facebook
There should be a consequence to Syria, if it did use chemical weapons against its own people. The legal way to do that is through the UN and the Security Council. And that approach should have been used each time they have done so. As morally reprehensible it may be, it is not for a single nation state to right all the wrongs in the world. And, more to the point, how will a unilateral strike achieve any of the goals or purposes articulated; AND, how will the world or America be safer now and in the coming months and years if we were to bomb Syria? There will be a military response from Syria (at least) that will undoubtedly widen the scope of the law. I am left thinking of the speech in the move, A Man for All Seasons when Thomas More is defending the requirement to work within law.

William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!
Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
William Roper: Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
Sir Thomas More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down, and you're just the man to do it, do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!
&
in response to Miljan Kunejiv’s post to Facebook
&
which includes a link to
David Kaye’s article in Foreign Affairs
“The Legal Consequences of Illegal Wars”
&
Edited September 1, 2013
“time to prepare – v2”
new poem, August 31, 2013
“time to prepare”
new poem, August 31, 2013
“hitting pause”
Edited August 31, 2013
“Benghazi was nothing – v2”
Edited August 31, 2013
“what of the innocents – v2”
new poem August 31, 2013
with warning
new poem August 30, 2013
“Benghazi was nothing”
new poem August 30, 2013
“what of the innocents”
new poem August 30, 2013
“will we be safer”
&
after Parliament in United Kingdom
voted against intervention
&
my post on twitter
August 29, 2013 5:45pm
@BarackObama Assuming #Assad used #chemical #weapons on his #people, how would a #US #military #attack make #Americans or the #world #safer?
&
Edited August 27, 2013
“as you do for the least of these – v4”
Edited August 25, 2013
as you do to the least of these
(about possible chemical weapons attack
in Syria and the possible response
by the United States)
&
Edited August 11, 2013
“If we were honest – v3”
Edited August 6, 2013
“If we were honest”
Edited August 6, 2013
“If we were Christians – v2”
February 20, 2011
“If we were Christians”
Matthew 5:38-48 (The Message Bible)
Love Your Enemies
Psalm 119:33-40 (God’s Word Translation)
Leviticus 19:9-18 (The Message Bible)
Psalm 25:8-10 (God’s Word Translation)(Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (New Living Translation)
Prayer of Adoration (UMBOW #461)
Prayer of Dedication (GBOD)
James 4:8 (“Just a Closer Walk with Thee (The Faith We Sing #2158)
Luke 2:29 (“Go Now in Peace”, UMH #665)
Worship Theme: “God’s law versus Human Law”
and sermon, “Mercy versus Retribution”
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 20, 2011
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany
&
on the transformations since the beginning of January -
all the protests in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya,
Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Palestinian Territories, Djibouti, Mauritania, Senegal, etc.
and
especially the resignation of Hosni Mubarak
February 11, 2011
&
and the jubilance in Tahrir Square
versus the bloodshed in Bahrain and Libya, etc.
February 18, 2011
&
hearing claim by President Obama 2/15/2011
in a news conference that when history books tell it
we will be seen as being on the right side of history
in how the United States responded
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
“Our Revolution was like Wikipedia”
February 14, 2011
&
Post on Twitter by Wael Ghonim
 “This is Revolution 2.0: No one was a hero because everyone was a hero.
February 13, 2011
and see
A Prayer for the People of Egypt (February 3, 2011)
by Safiyah Fosua
&
Matthew 5:21-37 (Common English Bible)
Law of murder
Law of adultery
Law of Divorce
Law of Oaths
Matthew 5:17 (Common English Bible)
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (New Living Translation)
Psalm 18:1-3, 46 (God’s Word Translation) (Call to Worship)
Prayer of Invocation
Prayer of Dedication
Exodus 16:13-15, Psalm 34:8, John 4:10, 1 Corinthians 5:8
(Centering Hymn: “All Who Hunger”, The Faith We Sing #2126)
Romans 14:7
(Lord, Speak To Me”, United Methodist Hymnal #463)
Acts 2:42
(“Let Us Break Bread Together”, United Methodist Hymnal #618)
Isaiah 55:1, Matthew 5:6, Matthew 11:28
(“You Who Are Thirsty”, The Faith We Sing #2132)
1 John 1:7
(“Trust and Obey”, United Methodist Hymnal #467)
Worship Theme: “God gives life . . . sin gives death”
and sermon, “A Life or Death Situation
(Aka . . . A fine line between Heaven and Hell)”
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 13, 2011
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany
&
Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV)
(and Matthew 5:1-12, Beatitudes)
John 6:51 (Call to Worship)
Isaiah 58.6-12 (NRSV)
John 13:34-35 and Ephesians 4:4-6
(“They'll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”, The Faith We Sing #2223)
Micah 6:8
(“We Are Called”, The Faith We Sing #2172)
Call to Worship (John 6:51)
Prayer of Confession
Prayer of Dedication
Worship Theme: “A Meal for All People”
and sermon, “Salty Christians”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 6, 2011
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

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