We’ll fight them on the beaches We’ll fight them on the shores We’ll fight those Russians anywhere Not with our lives—but with yours We’ll fight them in the East To stop them coming to the West We’ll send you all the weapons So by God do your best! For well over a century We’ve had to tame the bear From Crimea to Kabul And back home with Red Scares The Japanese helped out The Germans knock them for six The Bolsheviks were the best however They put the economy in the sticks The Afghans stung them good In an eight year war It may have cost a million lives But the Soviet Empire was no more The boys from Harvard took them down Through ‘structural reform’ By the time they got through Starvation was the norm It’s true, NATO has expanded Moving ever East Some say it’s aggression But we’re just trying to contain the beast! Now it’s the turn of Ukrainians To step up to the plate We may have got you in this mess But you made such damn good bait We’ll tell you that you’re heroes And fly blue and yellow flags That sounds like fair compensation For putting your sons in body bags Don’t ask us to negotiate Appeasement ain’t for us Besides life is perfectly fine here So what really is the fuss? We appreciate your sacrifice In service of our grand imperial plan It’s a worthy thing to die for So conscript all those you can You’ll join the ranks of heroes Who have stood up to the bear And when it’s all over— Then: you’ll see just how much we care We’ll fight them on the beaches We’ll fight them on the shores It’s easy to fight with other people’s lives In our Russian proxy wars
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Thanks to you Mike for sharing this.🙏
Damn, Richard! That's a brilliant poem that would impress Caitlin Johnstone the Guerilla Poet. 150 years of history is encapsulated in your poem. You made my day!
Kindest regards, Sir.🕊️