{"id":1487,"date":"2020-01-07T09:53:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T14:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2020-01-07T16:40:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:40:31","slug":"resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hey, let’s start the next decade<\/div>\n
with a little instant war,<\/div>\n
bomb a general’s motorcade,<\/div>\n
then ask why Iran’s so sore.<\/div>\n
Wag the dog and make excuses.<\/div>\n
Blame the general’s reputation.<\/div>\n
Watch the horror it unlooses,<\/div>\n
retribution for our nation.<\/div>\n
Deployed forces now in danger,<\/div>\n
bomber squadrons flying east,<\/div>\n
presidential power ranger<\/div>\n
perhaps has unleashed the beast.<\/div>\n
Any war will be distraction<\/div>\n
from his public trial, of course,<\/div>\n
super heroes called to action,<\/div>\n
maybe even great space force.<\/div>\n
Who’ll remember this impeachment<\/div>\n
in the midst of World War Three?<\/div>\n
That will be his last achievement,<\/div>\n
erasing all history.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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