No more war, no more, no more.
This is what the world hopes for.
But bullies of war always go farther,
always want more.
My dad was at sea
off the shores of Waikiki
on a December Sunday morn
when bullies of war against China
went farther wanting more.
While Japanese diplomats wrangled in DC
for changes to US policy
which barred trade with nations at war,
Japanese planes far from home
dropped bombs on US shores.
Destroying the Navy which had escorted
Lend Lease weapons of war sent
across the Atlantic on ships
guarded by sailors including my Dad,
dodging German U-boats and destroyers
was their goal, delivering aid to Europe
with weapons of war.
Bullies always go farther,
always want more.
Japan attacked China in 1931.
using a false flag attack
on Japanese soldiers to justify war.
Japan pushed farther into China,
and Raped Nanking.
Burma and S.E. Asia were near.
And bullies always go farther,
always want more.
British soldiers and theUS Navy
stood in the way.
Much was destroyed at Pearl Harbor.
But ships at sea like my Dad’s
were out of the harbor that day.
The Day of Infamy was December 7.
Dad was on his way to the Pacific on December 8.
From island group to island group,
To the Philippines and beyond,
The war went father and longer
until stopped by a nuclear bomb.
Dad came home. Too many did not.
As Ukrainians now shelter below,
like the Brits and Chinese long ago
And nations hesitate, negotiate
and Russia threatens nuclear war
we Lend Aid as before,
dreading once more
a new Day of Infamy.
Bullies always go farther,
always want more.
Has history taught us
nothing at all?
annarino writes 