Antiwar Archive

5.28.2006 - SONGS OF THE SIMPLEMINED: Protesting war assumes there are those who support war and oppose peace. Those who believe that there are soldiers who want war reveal the utter depth of their ignorance. No one, anywhere, hates war more than the soldier. No one, anywhere, shoulders more of the burden for the horrors of war than the soldier. The anti-war musician and the soldier share a longing for peace, but at vastly different levels of maturity; the lyricist with the whiny petulance of a demanding toddler, the warrior with the sorrow-filled determination of an eyewitness to evil... |