While watching the latest news from Iraq I still think back to GWB and that (*^(*&^ing 'Mission Accomplished' banner. I don't think the hubris was that bad even during the first years in Vietnam.
When my son got his selective service form in the mail I told him that I think that there is a %20 chance that the draft will come back in the next 6 years. I'll know more when I hear the reenlistment numbers next year.
I recently bought a used CD of a 1989 Greenpeace concert. Every time I think of that 'Mission Accomplished' sign on that aircraft carrier, I think of World Party's song Ship of Fools. That song with that image would make a powerful statement, if it weren't for the possibility of it being misconstrued as a criticism of the servicepeople on the ship.
If you limit it to GWB and his cabinet, the song is perfect.
Ship Of Fools by World Party
Quote:
We're setting sail to a place on the map
From which no-one has ever returned
Drawn by the promise of the joker and the fool
By the light of the crosses that burned
Drawn by the promise of the wormen and lace
And the gold and the cotton and pearls
It's the place where they keep all the darkness you need
You sail away from the light of the world on this trip, baby
You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools, no, no
Oh, you've got to save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
I want to run and hide
Right now
Avarice and greed are gonna drive you over the endless sea
They will leave you drifting in the shallows
Drowning in the oceans of history
Traveling the world, you're in search of no good
But I'm sure you'll build your Sodom like you knew you would
Using all the good people for your galley slaves
As your little boat struggles through the warning waves
But you don't pay
You will pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
You're gonna pay tomorrow
Oh, save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with this Ship of Fools
Oh, you've got to save me, save me from tomorrow
I don't want to sail with no Ship of Fools
Oh, where's it coming from
Where's it going now
It's just a, it's just a Ship of Fools
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