33 civil hate songs/ anti war, anti soldier songs
33 civil hate songs/ anti war, anti soldier songs
friday, 27 june, '03
i felt, and still feel, that integral to a soldier's life are contemporary anti war/soldier, service songs.
 sometimes these songs are soldier songs, like johnny I hardly and I don't want to join.
 the way these songs are sung, their perception and intent, is diametrically opposed, and meaning and method, manner of singing.
 it is important to remember, as described in geoffrey grey's 'military history of australia, that even in wwi and ii only the smallest percentage of the civil population in australia and the us, but even in england, served in the military.
 during the recent iraq war civil and religious leaders in australia and overseas: crean, beazley, chirac, putin brown, rev ray richmond and the archbishop of canterbury said 'all soldier's are guilty of war crimes.'
 there is no room or possibility of discussion to those who believe that, or are believer's in the ideology of those social and political leader … irregardless of claims to the opposite;
 saddam hussein, rightly, recognized that these people were giving him and his policies direct support;
 as they did to hitler and tojo (' when the war came to australia, vol.
 1' ) in wwii, and stalin, jung in korea.
 featherstone 'there are only choices, no decisions' op sit).
 the songs in this category would be too many to mention, but most have already been recorded in other books and journals, magazines.
 see www delta blues, www.
 mudcat café.
 the songs:
1.
johnny, I hardly knew ye
2.
boozey boys
3.
onward christian soldiers parody x 3
4.
slash go the bayonets
5.
the osama bin laden song (warner)
6.
i don't want to join the army