After days
of inaction with 50,000 Christians and minorities trapped on a mountain top
Obama
kicking and screaming finally approved a humanitarian air drop
Of food and
water to these poor trapped souls
But in one
air pass seems to be the goal
This is an
Air Force with the Berlin Airlift that broke the Soviet’s blockade’s back
Cargo
capability of food and water we certainly do not lack
The drop
according to news is now complete and the planes have returned
More facts
of the mission we are sure to learn
Credit Susan
Rice and Susan Power with memories of Rwanda fresh in their minds
To probably
push a reluctant President to lead from the front as opposed to behind
An escort of
F-18s probably kept the ISIS heads down and cover to seek
No chance to
launch their captured Stingers and havoc in the air reek
In addition
to food and water pallets dropped by parachute
He also
authorized military strikes to protect, and open an escape route
This unlike
Syria is not drawing a red line in the sand, but I have authorized attack by
air
Warning to
ISIS of lethal shock and awe to beware
Given all
the crisis’s we have had to face, this may be a first
Our CinC
stayed in town not off to a fundraiser to slake his fundraising thirst
Less than
one percent of us know where Erbil is located in Kurdish lands
But if ISIS
moves on this city, there is hope that American air and arms to the Kurds will
help to ISIS withstand
In order to
make the authorization real, not an idle threat
If from
Erbil ISIS is not veering away we should be launching our bomb laden jets
From Rommel
facing dumb iron bombs and strafing machine guns
To
Republican Guard facing smart bombs caught in the open from the air and you are
done
ISIS and
genocide is a regional problem far beyond Maliki and Iraq
We must be
at forefront but other nations in the region need to join in the ISIS attack
Those to
Obama’s left like Warren need to on this give him some slack
And Reds
really on this to guard his back
To both Reds
and Blues a message to ponder
This is a bipartisan
chance, do not let it pass or squander
©
August 7, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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