Patriots Dream
I am struck by how timeless the words to PD are. Here in the US we are living through a nightmare of war in Iraq. I really feel he had the whole idea of unjust war nailed with that song years ago. How can you be a patriot without killing and maiming your finest youn men in their optomistic,invincible youth? The old men sit at a safe distance calling the shots while the young are slaughtered or mentally changed for life. I would like to call myself a patriot, but my country makes that impossible when they act so irresponsibly with young lives. My military age sons will never join or be sacrificed for such idiotic decisions by a Government that sends them in harms way. Gord had it right a long time ago. Give this song another listen. It certainly resonates with me!
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