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Macron, Carney, and Starmer: The Three Stooges
Recognize a Palestinian “State”
Diplomats and ministers are not known for their brains.
They’re slaves to shifting winds of public feeling—
Just look at The Three Stooges, and the effort simply strains
Credulity. All sane folks are now reeling
That anyone would recognize a non-existent state:
A mass of rubble, ruins, and mass destruction,
As void of any purpose as a shattered china plate,
And swirling in a chaos of disruption.
Macron’s lit up in terror of the Moslems in his land—
He hopes they’ll help insure his own survival.
And Starmer’s rule is threatened by a left-wing Labour band
While Carney fears progressives as his rival.
That’s the only reason The Three Stooges pulled this stunt:
To keep the hopes of leftists firm and fattened.
Hamas now has a reason to put on a sturdy front
And fight until their last damned tunnel’s flattened.
Macron, Carney, Starmer—what a picture of the West!
These stupid, trembling, lily-livered rabbits…
A pack of ball-less eunuchs with no toughness in their chest,
Enslaved to money, status, and bad habits.
“Let’s recognize a state although it really isn’t there!
Let’s pretend it’s coming into being!
Let’s forget that Israel is angry as a bear,
And Hamas is near beaten, crushed, and fleeing!”
That’s the way these feckless and erratic leaders croak,
Believing that folks listen when they’re talking—
Like Larry, Moe, and Curly, all their strivings are a joke,
And no one pays attention to their squawking.
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Poet’s Note
The Three Stooges: A slapstick comedy troupe from the 1930s and 40s, composed of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard. They were known for their wild and crazy antics, their obtuse stupidity, and their complete inability to do anything correctly.
Emmanuel Macron: President of France, a globalist politician in deep trouble, and who is desperate to stay in power, and become a counterweight to Trump in international affairs. He must answer to the Moslem population in his country, as well as to the leftist elite in French academic and intellectual circles.
Mark Carney: Prime Minister of Canada, whose country is currently plagued with economic and political problems. In order to stay in power he must placate the hard-left elements in his Liberal Party, and recognition of a non-existent Palestinian state was a cheap way to accomplish this.
Keith Starmer: Prime Minister of Great Britain, deeply unpopular, and strongly harassed by the pro-Palestinian fanatics among his Labour MPs. There is a real chance that a split might occur in the Labour Party, and Starmer’s recognition of a non-existent Palestinian state is a last-ditch attempt to prevent this from happening.
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Joseph S. Salemi has published five books of poetry, and his poems, translations and scholarly articles have appeared in over one hundred publications world-wide. He is the editor of the literary magazine TRINACRIA and writes for Expansive Poetry On-line. He teaches in the Department of Humanities at New York University and in the Department of Classical Languages at Hunter College.
A fitting comparison, Joe. These 3 are the primary cause for the continual exodus from their countries. How they refuse to address, or fail to comprehend, the reasons they’re already on their way out is mystifying, but you’ve covered the ‘why’ very well. Are there no snipers in their countries?