The Gift Not to Give

For over a year it's been said

That our Commander in Chief

Wants to pull the U.S.

Out of NATO! Good grief!

His grasp of history is so

Absent that it's no wonder

Why he keeps committing

Blunder after blunder.

The greatest alliance for peace

The world has ever known--

One that's prevented Europe

From being a combat zone--

Has been a solid presence

Since after World War II.

Our pulling out

Would be a big to-do.

One thing we know:

Putin would be delighted.

Such a foolish action

Would be extremely shortsighted.

In fact, it would cause

A huge power shift

And for Vladimir Putin

Would be the greatest gift.

For reasons yet to be

Discovered, Donald Trump

Does Putin's bidding

And kisses Putin's rump.

We wonder what the president

Owes his Russian friend.

Will his actions come back

To bite him in the end?

Being a target for blackmail

Can't be very fun.

It puts us all in danger

When all is said and done.

If Trump keeps insisting

On pulling out of NATO,

Someone needs to throw

The proverbial tomato.

-by Bob B (1-16-19)