Hobbo's Poems
A quirky look at life from a Yorkshire poet and his dog's perspective
Sanctions
Sanctions There is no disputing That Vladimir Putin Is a dangerous sort of a fellow. If we have to fight war On this Russian jackdaw, May all of his snow become yellow.
Hobbo's Poems 
They should’ve invited
Putin to join the EU & NATO
then perhaps
that autocratic bully
could be a jolly good fellow?
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That little man is clearly pursuing his own big agenda. 😒
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Vladimir the Great 👑
Emperor of all the Russias
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Echoes of Nazi expansionism; what did they call it, lebensraum, I think. Living space!
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Tribalism;
First the killing Fields,
then the Living Space
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😒
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I think the “West” has a lot to answer for… as I think David is suggesting above. Historically we’ve been so freakin’ presumptuous/bullying/lying
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It is certainly a complicated issue!
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Putin is very smart he annexed Crimea nearly 8 years ago now! No one did anything to stop him
If bullies keep acting with no one to hold them accountable how will things change?
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Exactly the same thing happened when they appeased Hitler. You would think governments would learn the lessons of history. Wouldn’t you? 😒
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Yes and that’s it isn’t it right there
We never seem to learn from history destined to repeat mistakes over and over again
Putin wants the old Soviet Union back and he’s gathering bits and bits until he has most of it
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Exactly that! 😒
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Hobbo we are of the same wavelength today with our posts! 😁
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Yes, indeed we are!
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I wrote my post this past weekend I swear 😁
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👍
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Sadly, much snow will be red.
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But if we ‘piss on his chips’ as we say in Yorkshire, it will also be yellow!
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Back in the USSR! Certainly looking like he’s hellbent to rebuild the former glorious Soviet motherland.
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Little men with big ideas, eh. All he needs is a little tash!
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What he needs is a dose of Novichok.
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😂 That’d teach him a lesson he wouldn’t forget.
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Anything to make him more yellow. Just don’t ask my president to speak about it. Pb&j mouth.
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He is one bad S of a B.
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