{"id":1685,"date":"2015-05-08T02:03:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2015-05-08T02:03:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T02:03:42","slug":"putting-the-cat-out-of-the-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/putting-the-cat-out-of-the-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Cat Out of the Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Putting the Cat Out of the Kitchen - A Cat Poem Satarising Iraq Withrawal\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q2z15g5AQm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We got the cat &#8211; Saddam &#8211; out of the kitchen, but we wrecked it in the process. Was it worth the cost of this Pyrrhic victory?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We got the cat &#8211; Saddam &#8211; out of the kitchen, but we wrecked it in the process. Was it worth the cost of this Pyrrhic victory?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,1175,6,213],"tags":[975,1480,1392,1831,2371,1833,1832,50,2344],"class_list":["post-1685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cause-for-pause","category-kurdistan","category-video-poetry","category-war","tag-cat","tag-comedy","tag-iraq","tag-iraq-war","tag-kurdistan","tag-phyrric-victory","tag-saddam-hussein","tag-satire-2","tag-war-on-terror","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-rb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3370,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/the-land-between-two-rivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1685,"position":0},"title":"The Land Between Two Rivers","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"10th December 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The land between where two rivers flow Wonders if ever peace again it will know Forgotten are the glories of long ago Where in the ground first was planted seeds... 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