35 political songs
35 political songs
sunday, 29 june, '03
institutionally, soldiers are not 'political creatures.
 the two main reasons for this are one, that no matter who you vote for, a politician gets elected;
 two, as in the last elections in both australia and the united states, soldier's votes were disregarded;
 not sent in for counting, or disallowed.
 no one protested or complained that this was the case.
 occasionally, however, a politician goes far beyond the politicians (and electorate) normal capability to deceive, misrepresent and indulge in behaviour or legislation discriminating against the soldier.
 veteran robert heinlein in his book 'starship troopers' includes an essay on this topic.
 these songs are the soldier's response:
1.
bob menzies army
2.
30 days leave
3.
die gedanken
4.
florian geyer
5.
middle east song
6.
synghman rhee
7.
god rest ye
8.
oh little town
9.
green berets v 5
10.
the vixen
11.
fairey aviation
12.
highlander' s/hilt's lili