Ultima Ratio Reagan

First posted on FB 6/25/14:

To the neocons who want us to attack Iraq or Syria, or wherever it is today, I dedicate this poem by Howard Nemerov (1920-1991), born in NYC, who serve first as a pilot first in the Canadian Air Force in 1941 and then with U.S. Army Air Force in 1943 (the latter was also my father's branch of the service, although they served in different theaters).

 The poem is entitled: "Ultima Ratio Reagan":

"The reason we do not learn from history is 
Because we are not the people who learned last time. 
Because we are not the same people as them 
That fed our sons and honor to Vietnam 
And dropped the burning money on their trees, 
We know that we know better than they knew, 
And history will not blame us if once again 
The light at the end of the tunnel is the train."