Tolerated in school, or tolerated globally ReplyĪbsolutely on target, Mike. With demonstrating his power we can restrainĪnd tell our children that bullying is neither going to be We tell our children to pray for the oppressedīut we fail to show them how the bully obsessed Is unfortunately the narrative of the hour The world is manipulated by people with power The plight of the bullied Ukrainians our children see. The unbridled aggression unleashed by the bully Placing worthless sanctions, without the nerve to hack They had told the children to not tolerate Watch haplessly at a devastating war imminent On a world stage, as a megalomaniac drunk with powerĪnd all the adults who sit in positions prominent Now they see how bullying is being revealed I also believe the President of the Russian Security Council, Dmitriy Medvedev, is the son of the General I met in Votkinsk 30 years ago. By the way, if you read my books, you will find I dealt directly with Putin when he was in charge of the Commercial Office in St. I have virtually no faith in how we are responding. I do appreciate you mentioning the possibilities. Two other related books I took out of print and incorporated the essence in this fourth book. “Russian Bears/American Affairs” is about my time as the First Foreign Commercial Officer in the Russian Far East and then First IBM Regional Manager. “The Velvethammer” was my nickname and book name about when I had to capture a Soviet missile under the terms of the INF Treaty and then was the moderator for the final protocols between the Soviets and Americans. “American Attaché in the Moscow Maelstrom” was about my two years as a Military Attaché in the Soviet Union as a “legal” diplomatic spy. Notice it is “fight’ and not “flight.” 2. “Fight of the Phoenix” was about my one year in Vietnam targeting the Viet Cong. I have written several books on my international experiences: 1. Foreign Commercial Officer in Vladivostok, Russia. Peterson is a retired Army Intelligence Officer, Russian Foreign Area Officer, Army Attaché in Moscow, INF Portal Monitor Commander, monitoring Soviet missile production in Votkinsk, and U.S. Thank you again for your platform and for listening. “There’s no place like home”after a nuclear curse.Īll that is left is smoldering ash and the remnants There’s no escape when the sky starts to burn. Soaring through the air like monkeys with wings
The city of hope is ruled by a head as cruel as it is The West becomes wicked and the East is dead. The fields are cold and our dreams are deep. There is no one to wake us from our poppy sleep. The forest is dark and fraught with fears. history and one whose childhood was during the original Cold War, this poem is a reflection on the worldwide stakes of this present global darkness: I would like to contribute my poem, All Out of Yellow Bricks, to this collection. Thank you for this venue and your timely and inspiring poems.