Another Victorious Capitulation
(after the sonnet style of Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin)

Take those U S operations
in the Red Sea (narrow lake).
Trump Admin to shipping nations:
"Freedom of the Sea's at stake."
Showing not the least contrition.
Fired off all our ammunition.
Someone thought up this great plan:
Send a message to Iran.
Drones at thirty million each
F-18s twice that and counting
losses daily high and mounting.
“Victory” beyond our reach.
Houthis chased our Navy out.
One more “win” for Trump to flout.