I think those sentiments were pretty prevalent in September of 2011 in America.
No one was particularly concerned about the Middle East. It certainly couldn't _really_ affect us. There was little use or difference between the fanatics in Iraq and the fanatics in Iran. Since then, of course, the general public have all become much more educated about Sunni v Shiite, and a theocracy v a dictatorship, and the various factions within Iraq, the economics of the different regions, the tribal nature of society. the fluidity of national borders. And the pitfalls of a dictatorship-backing foreign policy. Not defending the song at all, but I think it captured the mood at the time pretty well. "W T F". On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:59 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Remember that it was written in a few days, for a benefit concert >> where all the proceeds went to the victims. >> >> Just like Neil Young's "Let's Roll", I give songs made for benefits a >> lot of latitude. >> > > I said nothing of the motivations or intent or anything....just that the > song, by itself...blows....."I watch CNN but I don't know if i can tell the > difference in Iraq and Iran" > > I mean....benefit or not, that sucks. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:342414 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
