EUoops!

Potemkin was a very clever man
Assuring Great Czarina as he weighed
Her want of village swells—he had to plan
A front for screening penury forbade.

His view from rail car for all to see;
A population prosp’ring on the plain.
Behind the wall a hidden bankruptcy
Affronted truth’s partition to maintain.

Potemkin truth! Alive and living well
In Western Europe—comes a brand new Force
As counterweight to NATO; say farewell,
For Western group defense a french divorce.

New operations planning and command
Needs brick, behind this new Potemkin wall.
The EU for a desperate separate hand
Is taking steppes to do the Putin crawl.

A name for EU Ops—oh please with flair,
As acronymic FUBAR hits its crux.
Four weasels now a-bedding with the bear,
Might well be someday known as GERBELFUX.

   posted by Stephen at 10:31 PM | Plink