Motivating Proxy Dismissals

to weigh desire for freedom against need for security
the threat that is motivating some decisions
went up and gave a very candid assessment

answered every question he could possibly answer
piles of sandbags, trenches, and barbed-wire
hardly unheard of to step aside, or be pushed aside

accused of being manipulated by external forces
repeated and irresponsible resolutions that undermine
        regional peace
the festering feud still bitter over their proxy war

--Clark Allison

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