One shot away
that is the caution, the mantra,
the answer every time
from the modern Churchill
the man defending his country
from the horrors of the Madman
that we would be one shot away
from death, from oblivion.
One shot away
if we acted in this moment
from the unthinkable, the unimaginable,
from nuclear Armageddon
something the tyrant telegraphed
what they have counted on
their threat alone enough
to cow the whole world.
One shot away
life on earth in the balance
from the unthinkable, the unimaginable,
Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)
a chain upon humanity
in the face of his horrible threat
their oaths of office, national interest,
a line they cannot cross.
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edited March 10, 2022
One shot away – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away-v2.html
edited March 8, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman-v2.html
&
edited March 6, 2022
The man in the bunker – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker-v2.html
&
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
&
March 5, 2022
The man in the bunker
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-man-in-bunker.html
February 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/dhakar_puneet/status/1498385709627224065
Ukraine Ambassador to United Nations
extracts of his speech to the General Assembly
#nuclearwar
‘This war was not provoked. It was chosen by someone
right now
that is sitting in the bunker. We know what happened to
the person
who sat in the bunker in Berlin, in May, 1945,’
said Ukraine’s U.N. envoy Sirgiy Kyslytsya .
&
March 4, 2022
One shot away
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/one-shot-away.html
March 3, 2022
Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBoRwbidiq4
handcuff of MAD, Cold War
cannot have a shooting war with another nuclear power…
&
March 4, 2022
International law means nothing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/international-law-means-nothing.html
March 4, 2022
A brutal heartless murderer
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/a-brutal-heartless-murderer.html
March 1, 2022
Gripped by this moment of conflict
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/gripped-by-this-moment-of-conflict.html
edited February 28, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v5.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks-v3.html
edited February 27, 2022
A run on the banks – v2
https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/preview/6437456/7793324946138352974
February 27, 2022
A run on the banks
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-run-on-banks.html
edited February 27, 2022
In the
crucible of terror – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v4.html
edits adding
last stanza, about ICJ filing
edited
February 26, 2022
Signs of the
End Times – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times-v2.html
merged
February 26, 2022
In the
crucible of terror – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v3.html
edited February 26, 2022
The insanity of these minutes – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes-v2.html
edited February 26, 2022
In the crucible of terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v2.html
February 25, 2022
The insanity of these minutes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-insanity-of-these-minutes.html
February 25, 2022
In the crucible of terror
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/in-crucible-of-terror.html
&
February 25, 2022
Signs of the End Times
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/signs-of-end-times.html
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