Hellfire and the New York Times

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Australian poet, Drone attack, hellfire missile, Iran, Iranian Quds military force, New York Times, poem, poetry, Qassem Soleimani, Triolet

𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬

A drone has taken out a Persian shit.
The New York Times is sobbing — “Hey! Not fair!
Trump shouldn’t authorize a direct hit!”
A drone has taken out a Persian shit —
He’s searching for his virgins in The Pit,
But virgins are in short supply down there.
A drone has taken out a Persian shit.
The New York Times is sobbing — “Hey! Not fair!”

— D.N. O’Brien

100 Pieces of Silver

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Australian poet, Iran, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

“Iran to buy 100 planes”
A triumph of greed over brains.
Yes, appeasement can pay;
It’s OK to betray
If you’re selling-out for hellish gains.

Boeing sells 100 airliners to Iran

Peace for our time

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Adolf Hitler, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Hitler, Iran, Iran nuclear deal, Iran nuclear talks, Limerick poem, Neville Chamberlain, poem, poetry

You can’t do a deal with the devil.
That guy – he is not on the level.
World peace he’ll advance?
Not the ghost of a chance.
You don’t believe me? Then ask Neville.

The Earth Moves

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Iran, limerick, poem, poetry

In Iran they’d be all safe and sound
If their women stopped sleeping around.
It’s all of that jolting
That’s causing the faulting –
Loose ladies are shaking the ground.

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Gathering Intelligence Garbage

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Iran, Julie Bishop, limerick, poem, poetry

With Iran there are secrets we’ll share;
After all, they are trusted and fair,
And they never would lie –
Such a noble ally.
What! – This really is too much to bear!

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Bishop’s Devilish Deals

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Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran, Julie Bishop, limerick, poem, poetry

With a despot she’s making some deals,
With her part covered head and high heels.
But her half baked submission
Betrays her condition;
His loathing he barely conceals.

Julie Bishop with half-hearted head scarf

Persian Pork Pies

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Iran, limerick, Munich Agreement, poem, poetry, US Iran Nuclear talks

Foundations of peace have been laid.
Conditions are to be obeyed.
Centrifuges may spin;
For Teheran, it’s a win.
(Oh…and Poland, Iran won’t invade.)

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Tragic Mushrooms

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appeasement, Atom bomb, Australian traditional poetry, Iran, Iran nuclear deal, Obama, poem, poetry, Radical Islam

Sometimes to turn the other cheek
Will lead you up that well known creek.
It’s best to not be too naive
In granting rogues a last reprieve.
When dialogue with evil fails,
Load guns, up anchor, hoist the sails.
It’s true that while no leader likes
To order up preemptive strikes,
It’s likely that behind their shrouds
Hide men who dream of mushroom clouds.