Homage to Forrestal
James
Forrestal was a man
Who
served this country well.
He
wisely sounded warnings
When he
saw us bound for hell.
He tried
to bring an early end
To the
Pacific War.
So the Soviets could not get land
That
they’d done nothing for.
But in
the end they threw him
In the
loony bin.
He had crossed a fatal line
When he took on Palestine.
What
happened next you might recall.
He had a
13-story fall
Caused
by his mortal sin.
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