‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.’
Unilaterally demanding.
Ukraine end a war.
It did not start.
The United States ended.
The United States ended.
A longstanding intelligence-sharing.
Arrangement with Ukraine.
This week.
The schism had.
An immediate effect.
On the ‘elves’ army’s.
U.S.-made HIMARS.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
Some of the ‘elves’ batteries.
That operate the country’s.
40 or so wheeled HIMARS.
Rocket launchers.
Each of which lobs.
A six-pack of 660-pound.
Precision-guided rockets.
As far as 57 miles.
Are no longer getting coordinates.
For the most distant.
‘Orcs’ targets.
40 miles away or farther.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
“America cut a key intel link.
For alerts at 2pm Kyiv time.”
Was wrote Wednesday.
“Before that:”
“Targeting data for HIMARS.
Ukraine also isn’t receiving.
Realtime information.
For long-range strikes.”
What, art mad?
A man may see
how this world goes
with no eyes.
Look with thine ears:
see how yond justice rails
upon yond simple thief.
Hark, in thine ear:
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
HIMARS, like other artillery systems.
Just needs map grid coordinates.
—manually calculated.
Or aided by GPS—
To accurately strike a target.
Those coordinates.
Can come from.
Any intelligence source:
A satellite, a drone.
Radio eavesdropping.
Or even a human spotter.
With a pair of binoculars.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Which is why.
Around the same time.
The Americans began.
Blocking intel.
An ‘elves’ HIMARS.
Blasted a concentration.
Of ‘orcs’ troops.
Around Pokrovsk.
An ‘elves’-held fortress city.
In eastern Ukraine.
The nearest ‘orcs’ regiments.
Are just a few miles.
From Pokrovsk.
Well within reach of.
Even smaller drones.
Even smaller drones.
What, art mad?
A man may see
how this world goes
with no eyes.
Look with thine ears:
see how yond justice rails
upon yond simple thief.
Hark, in thine ear:
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
‘Elves’ own intel assets.
—in particular, its drones—
Are concentrated directly.
Over or near the front line.
Beyond 40 miles or so.
U.S. assets such as.
Satellites tend to be.
More abundant.
It’s not that Ukraine.
Can’t spot targets.
For its HIMARS.
With its own intel.
For its HIMARS.
With its own intel.
Or intel provided by.
Its European allies.
It’s just that.
It’s harder now that.
The Americans have ended.
Intel sharing.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
It might prove painful.
But Ukraine can.
Compensate for the sudden.
American intransigence.
‘Elves’ European allies.
Possess many of the same.
Space capabilities as the U.S..
Albeit on a smaller scale.
Commercial providers.
Possess others.
—and can be paid.
To provide them.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
Unless and until.
The U.S. President reverses.
His anti-Ukraine positions.
Or the ‘elves’ secure.
Other sources of intel.
On distant targets.
‘Elves’ HIMARS might not fire.
As far or as accurately.
But they can still fire.
At least until their rockets.
Most of which have been donated.
By the U.S., run out.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King’s horses and all the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.’
*Because I read “Abruptly Blocking Intel, The U.S. Prevents Ukraine’s HIMARS From Firing For Maximum Effect” by David Axe on 5 Mar 2025 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Abruptly Blocking Intel, The U.S. Hamstrings Ukraine’s HIMARS
