By Laurie Baron in San Diego

Bombing, bombing.
Boats on the open sea.
If survivors are hanging on,
Kill them before they flee.
Bombing, bombing.
Hegseth loves all the gore.
This was no act of defense
By his Department of War.

Bombing, bombing.
Sunk boats 23 times.
Sorties without declaring war
Makes such strikes war crimes.
Bombing, bombing.
What happened to interdiction?
The GOP won’t dare block Trump
Its check on him is a fiction.

Laurie Baron, retired from San Diego State University, is a professor emeritus of history. This article was originally published by San Diego Jewish World which, along with The Moderate Voice, is a member of the San Diego Online News Association.