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Originally Posted by ratbastid
True enough. I'm just reacting to the political messages embedded in the song. You know--anybody who still honestly thinks that the Iraq war has anything to do with freedom is either completely delusional, or has a political agenda. I'm not saying she should have been attacked for going to visit the troops. It was a good thing to do. I just think she's falling back on some shaky rhetoric in defending herself.
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If you notice, she kind of quotes a Brig. General in the 'freedom' statements.
(Keep in mind she was visiting with Aussie soldiers, too, not American).
There are many, stationed Iraq or having just come home, that really do think they are there to secure the freedoms of the Iraqi people and in essence, securing our own. It's all good and nice that we can sit behind our monitors in our cozy homes and make conjecture; we're not famous so not going over to support the troops, regardless of what country they're from, and we're not in the military, awaiting the word of when it's our turn to go.
I certainly don't want them there-I don't want to stand honor at any more funerals and I don't want my nephew (Marine Corp) going. But I give her props and those that can and do go with the belief that they are there to support those kids in uniform, to give them a little taste of home and little respite from the realities. To come back home and be vilified for that to me is SO much more revolting than anything she could have put to music.