We consider the original Crosby/Stills/Nash/Young song to be anti-war, albeit subtle ("their father's hell did slowly go by").
All we did was to drag it 30 years forward... from
one quagmire
to another.
If we can somehow influence just one person not to join
the military,
or to avoid the
impending draft,
we will chalk that up as a
success.
Those who view war as somehow being
noble
or
glorious
must have discovered a way to block
the truth
from their minds. Don't fall for the media hype, or the
sanitized bylines from
embedded reporters...
War
is indeed Hell.
"The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that refuse military service." -- Albert Einstein
You who are on the fence,
It makes no sense
For re-election
'Cause Bush
And the neo-cons
Let war go on
Without reflection...
Teach your children well
Keep them from hell
Where children can die
Don't give them monkey suits
Or guns to shoot
Don't kiss them goodbye
If you ask the White House why
They want to send your kids to die
They'll just look at you and lie...
(Pre-emptive Empire)
And now
It's been three years
That we've lived in fear
In this war on terror
And as they frisk you at the gate
You cry out "Wait,
There's been some error..."
Teach your children well
Keep them from hell
Where children can die
Don't give them monkey suits
Or guns to shoot
Don't kiss them goodbye
If you ask the White House why
They want to send your kids to die
They'll just look at you and lie...
