Lines From A Poem

[Khandro]

'Does an Emperor in love freely chose to wage war, 
or, unprompted, visit torment upon his own people ?'

Does he ?

[tomus42]

What do you think?

[Khandro]

tomus //What do you think?/

I struggle to imagine Vladimir Putin being in love with anyone other than himself, or for that matter, the supreme leader of Iran, Hosseini Khamenei, plus one or two others, both now and in the past.

[tomus42]

You hate Putin. Trump loves Putin.You love Trump.

Seriously, how do you bounce that all around in the old noggin?

Who comes out on top?

[jno]

eternal triangle, tomus?