Farewell to Jemma
Hello, Death, faithful friend,
You have come once again,
In the Middle of night,
Before morning's light,
To leave this torn heart,
As I and my lover part.
No thumping tail on the floor,
No joyful bark at the door,
Gone now the cool wet nose,
That greeted me as I arose.
Gone our connected thought,
In the forgiving love she taught.
In death as in our daily life,
There remains the strife,
As to the meaning of it all,
To where the purpose doth fall.
Whisper to me, Death, old friend,
That this be not my lover's end.
The big news this week is that
the Korean War
of which I am a veteran
is about to have Peace Declared.
Not sure - the NK and SK vow to end war
can happen without Trump's approval
to normalize border at DMZ.
Loud speakers have already been turned off,
and clocks are being synchronized.
But will the US take away the land mines?
Move away the artillery?
Return the land to agriculture?
Open roads for local cross border access?
Drop sanctions against economic exchange?
The peninsula becoming
a nuclear weapon free zone,
takes more than an agreement
between NK and SK.
Talks and Olympics are good.
Photo ops and hugs and kisses.
But that is not yet unity.
At the moment next month's meeting
between Trump and Kim
is still on.
And then there is China.
Effects of Big Brother in China
and the Rest of the World
The following is a real think piece since 1984 that you should be able to find at one of these two links.
I could have easily written this whole newsletter
just about this.
Wu said China remained firm in its defensive military posture,
including a policy of never
launching a nuclear first strike against an opponent.
The US changed its policy -
to one of first use -
with Russia following.
On Apr. 24
two U.S. Air Force B-52 bombers
approached the southern coast of China
to practice the launch of cruise missiles
into China.
Russia
The Russia / Syria thing
is the most troublesome situation
in many people's eyes.
Reuters|Published: 04.23.18 , 14:23
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Russia had not yet decided whether it would deliver advanced S-300 missile systems to Syria, but would not make a secret of the matter if it took such a decision, the TASS news agency reported.
"We'll have to wait to see what specific decisions the Russian leadership and representatives of Syria will take," TASS cited Lavrov as saying on Monday during a visit to Beijing."
Here is the most thorough and accurate geopolitical analysis regarding the US vs Russia, that I have seen.
Meanwhile -
in Canada
besides having a home grown terrorist attack
as was the Oklahoma bombing
but this time combining elements of US school shootings
and European auto terrorists -
killing ten and wounding many more.
There was also this shades of recent events in Hawaii.
Israel
May 14, 2018
A 250-person American delegation,
including 40 leaders and politicians,
will arrive in Israel to attend the US’ dedication
of its new embassy in Jerusalem.
May 15, Dedication
May 19th (update) Jerusalem embassy to open its doors.
Starting tomorrow
weather supposed to be much improved here.
Hoping for a good work crew at Ark Two
on Sunday. Unity and Love,
Bruce
DawnSayer@webpal.org
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