Politics

How can I, that man standing there,
My attention fix
On Roman or on Russian
Or on Syrian politics?
Yes, here's a travelled man that knows
What he talks about,
And there's a politician
That has read and thought,
And maybe what they say is true
Of war and war's alarms,
But O that I were young again
And held him in my arms!

(Apologies, Mr Y, for tampering a tiny bit with your fine poem.)