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?
Cynically and bizarrely.
Demanding Ukraine.
End a war.
It did not start.
The United States ended.
A longstanding intelligence-sharing.
Arrangement with Ukraine.
This week.
‘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.’
The intel schism is.
Part of the fallout.
From a shocking Friday.
Press conference.
In the Oval Office.
during which the U.S. President.
And his Vice President.
Berated ‘Gandalf the Green’.
For not thanking them.
Often enough for.
Past U.S. aid pledged.
By the previous administration.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
The split could hinder.
‘Elves’ efforts.
To defend civilians.
From ‘orcs’ missile raids.
And strike.
Distant ‘orcs’ targets.
But it won’t halt.
Those efforts.
And in isolating Ukraine.
From lifesaving intel.
The U.S. also isolates itself.
Especially in space.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
Initially lacking.
A large fleet of.
Military satellites.
And the money to rent.
Equivalent commercial satellites.
Ukraine relied heavily on.
America’s own large fleet.
Of spacecraft.
—hundreds of satellites.
For communication.
And surveillance—
Plus commercial space services.
Paid for by the U.S.
Or other allies.
Paid for by the U.S.
Or other allies.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
The satellites helped.
‘Elves’ troops, drones.
And munitions navigate.
And communicate.
Spotted—via radar and camera—
‘Orcs’ forces on the move.
And traced ‘orcs’ command networks.
By detecting their radios.
“Ukraine has been.
Able to leverage.
Space systems.
Far beyond expectations.”
“Based on its capabilities.
Prior to February.
2022.”
Was noted.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
But much of that leverage.
Disappeared this week.
Amid the U.S. President’s.
Shocking lurch.
Amid the U.S. President’s.
Shocking lurch.
Toward de facto alignment.
With ‘orcs’ interests.
‘Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
“It’s pretty bad.”
A source familiar with.
U.S.-‘elves’ intel sharing said.
“Combined with the stopping.”
“Combined with the stopping.
Of military assistance.
And foreign aid.
It pretty much guarantees.”
“An ‘orcs’ victory.
Without there needing.
To be a peace deal.”
That’s not true.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
‘Elves’ loyal.
European allies possess.
Many of the same.
Space capabilities.
As the U.S..
Albeit on a much smaller scale.
And commercial providers.
Possess others.
Recall that Ukraine.
Which has occasionally.
Built and launched.
Its own spacecraft.
Leased—for $17 million—
A radar surveillance satellite.
From a Finnish firm.
Back in 2022.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
Two years later.
Germany paid for.
A German firm and.
That Finnish firm.
To expand ‘elves’.
Space surveillance capabilities.
Meanwhile, The Netherlands.
Paid a Colorado space company.
Whose satellites frequently.
Photograph virtually.
The entire surface.
Of Earth.
$13 million for.
Access to imagery.
The Dutch share intel.
With the ‘elves’.
Under the terms of.
A 2024 memo.
The ‘elves’ can also.
Count on space surveillance data.
From Europe’s biggest.
Space powers:
The United Kingdom.
Italy and France.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Poland pays Starlink.
The space communications firm.
Partly owned by the firm.
Of the U.S. President’s ally.
Partly owned by the firm.
Of the U.S. President’s ally.
To provide Ukraine.
With vital services.
The Polish government.
Reaffirmed its commitment.
To the arrangement.
Last month.
Amid reports.
The U.S. President’s ally.
Might block ‘elves’ access.
To the space comms.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
But Elves’ European allies.
Aren’t taking chances.
A Franco-British space comms firm.
Is in talks.
Is in talks.
With the European Union.
To provide services.
To Ukraine.
The U.S. can seriously.
Complicate ‘elves’ access.
To space.
But it can’t end it.
change places;
and, handy-dandy,
which is the justice,
which is the thief?
And in blocking.
Intel sharing.
The U.S. President’s administration.
May end up.
Harming the U.S.
As much as it harms Ukraine.
Harming the U.S.
As much as it harms Ukraine.
After all.
The U.S. military and.
Intelligence agencies.
Don’t generate.
Don’t generate.
All their own intel.
They too benefit.
From sharing.
—especially via their “Five Eyes”.
Alliance with Australia.
Canada, New Zealand.
And the United Kingdom.
‘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.’
But Five Eyes could disintegrate.
Under the U.S. President.
Amid his escalating trade war.
With Canada.
The U.S. President’s.
Weaponization of.
longstanding U.S.
Intel sharing.
Vis-à-vis Ukraine.
Could accelerate.
Five Eyes’ collapse.
Five Eyes’ collapse.
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?
*Because I read “The U.S. Is Trying To Blind Ukraine—By Kicking It Out Of Orbit. It Won’t Work.” 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:
The U.S. Is Trying To Blind Ukraine—By Kicking It Out Of Orbit
