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Support Where It's Due
The more I read, the more I wonder
If the support that we provide
To the Ukrainian Kiev Regime
Might be going to the wrong side.
The current regime--originally a coup--
Calls the rebels in southeastern Ukraine
"Anti-government terrorists" who
Are a nuisance, a threat, a bane.
Some say that groups of neo-fascists
Exert control on Ukraine's moderate right.
One group, Svoboda, and the other, Right Sector,
Have helped incite a blood-thirsty fight.
Cities and towns in southeastern Ukraine
Have become war zones, so we can see
That when access to medicine, food, and water
Is cut off, the people are forced to flee.
One right-wing group has glorified Hitler,
And a leader has talked of a Ukraine that's purged
Of the "Moscow-Jewish mafia" along with
"Other scum"; and such talk has surged.
All this talk of ethnic cleansing
By the powerful Ukrainian right is scary.
If we lived in southeastern Ukraine,
I think we'd have a right to be wary.
I often don't agree with Putin,
But if the Ukrainians keep up their crusade
Directed at the ethnic Russians,
Won't Russia feel pressured to come to their aid?
Yes, it would be better for all
To find a diplomatic solution.
Even then we must be watchful
Of ethnic and other persecution.
Our leaders so far have been very quiet
About this huge political morass--
One reason being our relations with Russia,
Which always seem to be at an impasse.
We must explore both sides in this issue.
Supporting wrong-doers would be a crime.
But we've made that mistake before,
So this wouldn't be our very first time.
(8-9-14)
If the support that we provide
To the Ukrainian Kiev Regime
Might be going to the wrong side.
The current regime--originally a coup--
Calls the rebels in southeastern Ukraine
"Anti-government terrorists" who
Are a nuisance, a threat, a bane.
Some say that groups of neo-fascists
Exert control on Ukraine's moderate right.
One group, Svoboda, and the other, Right Sector,
Have helped incite a blood-thirsty fight.
Cities and towns in southeastern Ukraine
Have become war zones, so we can see
That when access to medicine, food, and water
Is cut off, the people are forced to flee.
One right-wing group has glorified Hitler,
And a leader has talked of a Ukraine that's purged
Of the "Moscow-Jewish mafia" along with
"Other scum"; and such talk has surged.
All this talk of ethnic cleansing
By the powerful Ukrainian right is scary.
If we lived in southeastern Ukraine,
I think we'd have a right to be wary.
I often don't agree with Putin,
But if the Ukrainians keep up their crusade
Directed at the ethnic Russians,
Won't Russia feel pressured to come to their aid?
Yes, it would be better for all
To find a diplomatic solution.
Even then we must be watchful
Of ethnic and other persecution.
Our leaders so far have been very quiet
About this huge political morass--
One reason being our relations with Russia,
Which always seem to be at an impasse.
We must explore both sides in this issue.
Supporting wrong-doers would be a crime.
But we've made that mistake before,
So this wouldn't be our very first time.
(8-9-14)
