Betray Us Petraeus Poem by Jonathan ROBIN

Pass in review true causal chain's formation
Envisage Russia in Afganistan,
Then think on U.S. training Islam's van
Remember contras scam disinformation.
A cauldron fired by bubble reputation
Expands until it overflows the can,
Unlidded soon steam hisses, little can
Stop cause-effect commotion's agitation.
Buy time through pressure cooker 'I wrack' nation
Explosion may prepare all fear to scan.
Terror wrists or martyrs? Shah's Iran
Recall as towers' falls' precipitation
Awakes 'Cry havoc, let loose gods of war! '
Yet U.S. chickens home to roost encore.

Plead not injustice when since Ottoman
Empire split, its swift disintegration
Traded oil and turmoil altercation,
Rode exploitation's waves as western man
Arrangements made till petrol shock would ban
Easy options, role reversed frustration,
Unpiped West rats from their all-weather station.
Soviet collapse set scene for 'sheik out' can
Be seen as cusp that generations scan
Ending beginnings, beginning constern nation,
The watershed, Islam's regeneration,
Revival which from 'crossfire' fires may fan.
Aquarius and change are in the air
Yet 'US' and 'them' discriminate, cross bear.