by Ed Ciaccio
Dandelion Salad
Featured Writer
Aug. 9, 2009
“Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Campaign in Afghanistan” (Washington Post, Sunday, August 9, 2009):
“As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war.”
I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag
by Country Joe McDonald
(only slightly updated by Ed Ciaccio)
Yeah, all you patriotic women and men,
President Obama needs your help again.
He’s got himself in a terrible jam
Way over there in Afghanistan.
So put down your iPhones and pick up a gun,
We’re gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it’s one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Afghanistan;
And it’s five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! We’re all gonna die.
Well, come on generals, let’s move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those ragheads —
The only good Muslim is the one who’s dead,
And you know that peace can only be won
When we’ve blown ’em all to kingdom come.
And it’s one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Afghanistan;
And it’s five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! We’re all gonna die.
Well, come on Wall Street, time to invest
In the war racket, ’cause it’s the best.
There’s plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Pentagon with tools of the trade.
Just hope and pray that our killer drones
Kill their terrorists and not our own.
And it’s one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Afghanistan.
And it’s five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why
Whoopee! We’re all gonna die.
Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your kids off to Afghanistan.
Come on fathers, don’t hesitate,
Send ’em off before it’s too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your child come home in a box.
And it’s one, two, three
What are we fighting for?
Don’t ask me, I don’t give a damn,
Next stop is Afghanistan.
And it’s five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain’t no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! We’re all gonna die.
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[DS added the video]
Country Joe McDonald: Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die
see
Afghan War: NATO Builds History’s First Global Army by Rick Rozoff
We DID Get Fooled Again by Ed Ciaccio
Military Analysts Expect Long-Term, Costly U.S. Effort in Afghanistan – washingtonpost.com
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