i thank the sacrifice to those who served and especially died in all US wars, but if we fully pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan guess which country is right in between? Our old buddy Iran-that will be a problem no doubt. Same as if we pull out of South Korea-North Korea will most likely take over.
Love the video, its so perfect. I'm rickyc1967 (James) and I was wondering if I could have your permission to embed it on my new website which helps to raise funds for veterans? Looking forward to speaking with you soon. james
@rickyc1967 thanks for the comments, sure you can embed it. You tube actually made me take it down for a couple of years for using the song without permission but then someone realized it might actually sell the song and magically back up it went.
Anyone who watches this and feels nothing is not human. This is such a beautifully moving song and together with these images, it really fucking hits you.
There has always been war -there will always be war. Hello muslims/religion,i gave up on the human race when i was 15.I only pity the unfortunate creatures who are unlucky enough to share the planet with us.Overpopulation and religion will be the death of this planet mark my words.
The pictue of the small girl crying at her father's coffin 1min32secs in is so desperately moving I cried. That poor wee girl. The pain she is going through is unthinkable.
I almost for got how beautiful and timeless this song is. I remember as a kid hearing Tim Buckley sing this song about Vietnam. It is still powerfully moving. The pictures were also beautiful---and heartbreaking. God bless our troops!!!
I'm not sure how George Bush sleeps at night with all the blood on his hands. It is the blood of all the fine men and women he sent to their needless deaths in Iraq. I lived through Vietnam and I spent ten years loving and living with one of the bruised and broken men who fought there. And for what? Sometimes I wonder... just for a while. Will they ever remember?
a la memoria de miles de jovenes que han perdido la vida en irak. devuelvan a los chicos a casa.ellos no nesecitan guerra,solo paz NO MAS MUERTES DE JOVENES
well the people in Iraq, Vietnam, China and many other places know how to put on a protest. I don't think many Americans can stand up for their rights anymore.
Politicians only think for themselves. (most of them) they don't care about you. I know many of you know that, they don't care enough to lie to you and send millions to die for THEIR cause. SO why aren't their big rallies? protests? I mean the secret service can set up free speech zones and stuff. SO all people are doing is spreading word on the internet. that isn't enough. take the protest to the streets and show you are American or better yet... human.
Esta canção foi feita no auge do envolvimento de USA ,na guerra do Vietnam,nos 60's,a música é referencia em documentários e filmes sobre esta guerra(Dear America,letters from Vietnam, Jan C.Scruggs,about memorial in DC,etc...),
É um cocô,ver um comentário tão egoista e ignorante sobre o tema,este video é uma homenagem para os soldados que estiveram e estão neste conflito do Iraq!triste o comentário da menina shebrenilehu,teenshiitbag!.
Mas que droga, o infeliz que fez esse vídeo massacrou o sentido da música. "Once I was a soldier" é metafórico, não tem nada a ver com uma guerra imbecil, é sobre perder um amor, ser esquecido. A parte mais relevante é "sometimes I wonder, just for a while, will you ever remember me?". Pq a resposta é SIM, a cadela mentirosa que chutou ele lembra dele até hoje.
Is there anyone SANE, by this point, who does not get what a disastrous war-based-on-lies-and-greed this has been, and was from the outset? We should all go to the White House this Xmas and toss shoes over the fence, carpet the WH lawn with 100 million shoes. And savage old crazee Dick Cheney is still insisting he did something right, that black is white, day is night, and that non-existent WMD's exist. Wow. He's shameful and shameless and should be ashamed but ain't because he's a sociopath.
Sadly,this song will probably be the soundtrack for future wars and dead soldiers who aren't even born yet. Peace is never this poignant. What a crazy, beautiful, sick, wonderful world we live in. Gotta love it.
As a Tim Buckley fan I went to youtube b/c I felt like hearings some of his songs tonight. As a Marine Corps spouse of 7 years I really appreciate the time that the creator of this video spent putting this together. As an American who was against this war from the beginning before I met my husband and before my way of thinking became popular opinion I appreciate the message. Well done.
Very brave of you to respond. It is not the soldiers we have a problem with. Its a war without a moral end - its another group of American men and women who will never be the same.
Well said.People like to cut our troops down,they say the war is pointless,people who say these things dont deserve to be pissed on.Let alone fought for.
No one should blame your troops for doing their job and serving their country. But blame the motherfuckers who sent them there for nothing but bullshit.
Lets hope it is a real light. I believe we are on the verge of a new era of history (not due to Obama, rather the current economic and political climate).
Believe me, in a world of political apathy, a new leader who has the courage to stand against the poisonous elements of modern capitalism has the potential to change the world forever.
We are seeing the rise of state interventionism, even in the formerly non-interventionist United States.
And the best way to change a system is to work within it to make it change for the good of the people. If work within the system but can see the problems that are inherent in it, you have more chance of adapting and improving it.
This was an anti war song when my father served three tours in Vietnam. It is an anti war song still on my third tour of Iraq. But I choose to look at it as a very good song from a man that died way too young. Just as his son Jeff did. Between the two of them, they had a lot of talent and it is amazing that they only met once after his son's birth.
have u noticed on the inside sleeve of that album it says " he will sing you his ten tales then wander till spring". gotta love these nutbar drugfrenzied folkies.
It's a song about loss (possibly brought about because of the Vietnam War and the Soldiers who didn't come back). It's the song of a Dead Soldier about the regret of the loss of his Love. (You will Love another. Will you remember me?)
je salut tous les soldats americaint et britanique qui lutte contre le terrorisme vous avez tout mon respect moi j ai fait la premier guerre du golphe je suis civile maintenant mais si on me demander de porter votre uniforme et de me battre a vos coter je le ferait sans esiter croyer moi dieux vous bénisent . un ancient légionnaire
Support our troops, they don't make policy. They leave their loved ones, risk life and limb to defend us all and U.S. interests abroad. Just lke they did in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. There have always been wars and there always will be wars. There will always people opposed to wars. They have the luxury to benefit from the freedoms that others had to sacrifice blood to protect. Our military apparatus runs on fuel, lack of fuel is a direct threat to our national security.
and the tragedy is the actuel fuel has to be bought from the very people being fought against. 2 million ant-western corrupted wallabi versions of the Koran by a huge new Saudi Arabia printing press to fuel that hate, for example.
Why should Iraqis accept what Americans would never accept? Troops barging in homes and scaring women and children, and the men. Taking away men who fight as patriotic guerrillas for Iraq. Tanks driving down city and suburb streets, checkpoints outside of villages. Iraqi airspace owned by the American military. Huge permanent American military bases on Iraqi soil that exist to exert power and influence over the people of Iraq. If this happened to Americans there would be millions of guerrillas.
McCain will be elected and will die shortly thereafter; Palin will start WWIII because it will mean the return of Jesus Christ. All the Christians will be raptured.
Finally we will have a world where all the fucking Christians are gone!!! It is, I admit, a heavy price to pay, but in the long run, after we bury the dead, clean up a bit, think of it... a world without evangelicals!!!!!
WOW THAT'S DEEP!But really whatever's left will burn.And you're wrong about McCain.Obama will be elected.Given his policies,he will probably just let The radical Muslims bomb the hell out of us.That may be the end of the world, but I truly think we'll pull through.Have a nice day.
AMERICA can be trusted. Just ask the native americans! :) Just because i would rather have my buddy drinking beer with me and not in the ground thats makes me unamerican. Iraq threat? They are poor and now we have there oil fields and are not going anywhere. watch and see. See your son go to war, be told a year and he stays 3 years or untill he dies. over 40 marines commeted mass suicde. look into it. Things you wont see or hear!
I heard obama speak. and he said if we have to go into everycave in the world, he would not rest until the terror threat is brought to justice. Now i dont see any war ending. I think we all know in our hearts whats coming.
We can go to our shopping malls without being blown up. I can walk with my wife without getting hit by sniper fire . My kids can play without fearing landmines . And yet other countries still think America sucks even after we help them ,what a wonderful world.
it was in my town today. and he has no plans on ending the war let me tell you in fact he spoke of if he had to he would dig up every cave in everyland. to advenge 9/11. The NWO is in full effect. And we sleep with our surround sound and digital cable. Not seeing the world outside your box of bills tv. and other things to keep you asleep. I am going to break there control threw video! you will see!
I'm not sure what i was thinking when i wrote that. McCain and that dumb floozy are gonna lose as they should. Too bad the country will go to hell in a year anyway:(
If they don't lose then your nation is in serious trouble. Especially as Palin is possibly the worst vice-presidential candidate in the history of the United States.
This song was originally about the Vietnam War and was featured in the anti-war movie "Coming Home" starring John Voight, Bruce Dern, & Jane Fonda. It applies to this senseless, illegal war as well. Impeach Bush!
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If it wasn't for Vietnam we wouldn't of defeated the Soviet Union. They eventually went bankrupt because of our commitment to face their wicked ambitions of world domination. The middle east needs restructuring. Their peoples live in a dark domain with no hope or education and their women are resigned to slavery. We have to support our troops by supporting their cause. If this war is so senseless why are our troops willing to take wounds for it? How come nobody is protesting? They're scared.
You might be right about the USSR, and you might be right about the Middle East, but why is the US in any position to criticize the rest of the world? Do you honestly think that your way of life is perfect? "Judge not lest ye be judged".
The U.S. has always been a beacon of hope. And honestly I think the U.S. is the only chance this world has. Who would fill the vacuum if the U.S. dissolved. Russia? China? Islam? Visit a third world country and your views will change. In fact, visit a war zone and see how fast authority can collapse and starvation take hold. Please think about it.
And not saying the rest of the world is great, but I wouldn't associate the US with 'hope'. Nothing they are doing is helping anything and, to be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure they're trying - I think the occupation of Iraq had more to do with that dark substance known as 'oil' than anything else.
Whatever that's why we are winning, and your country bailed.
At least we are committed to maintaining some kind of semblance of international order. We're fixing the mistakes that Britain made when they carved up the middle east and extracted oil to fuel their war machine and imperialistic ambitions. And finally, at least the oil now belongs to the people of Iraq and not some ruthless dictator's bank account.
Ironically, 'carving up the Middle East and extracting oil to fuel their war machine and imperialistic ambitions' describes, almost exactly, what the US is doing now. You think Bush actually went in because he felt the moral need to correct a corrupt system? If that were really the case, then coalition forces would occupy most of the world...
The oil certainly doesn't belong to the people of Iraq. People of Iraq will continue to die and US will make money on their back on the pretence of protecting them.
OH! I bet you watch Faux News. They had embedded reporters at the DNC and the RNC.
That's, y'know, the places where THOUSANDS of people took to the streets and protested. They were scared of the gas and the pepper spray and the stormtroopers, but they protested anyhow.
Please don't protest my war. Its the only one I have. Don't you understand that the U.S. has to have a war every 10-20 years just to keep the Army trained. Standing armies are meant to be used. That's why our founding fathers didn't like them. I think they should draft all you bastards, and then you can help defend your freedom. And be a real citizen. We are always at a crisis point. And, those people are our enemies. So yes, I support my war.
I don't know where to start correcting that. The whole paragraph is just completely ridiculous. Can you please elaborate on how the Iraq war involved 'defending your freedom'? Maybe I'm misremembering events, but I don't think Iraq ever invaded the US - I think it might have been the other way around.
Yes, I love seeing you all so pissed off. Just realize that somebody is out there in the field. I gave my oath, and did my time in the field. In fact I gave 4 proud years of my youth to my country. And it was the best thing I ever did. If my country called again I would go. Because the threat is real. Don't be so blind. Injustice affects everyone, and I have to ask. What will these terrorist assholes try next. J.M for president dirtbags.
Don't let these assholes get you down moonrooster. Thanks for your service and for protecting those with their heads stuck so far up their asses that they can't see the light.
I'll tell you how to stop it. How about winning? Oh, that never crossed your mind because you want to see our country lose. I was just telling like it is sweetheart.
21st century colonialism is as damaging as it was in the 18th centruy when America gained independence from the British empire. America has forgotten the principles it was founded upon - liberty, freedom and democracy.
If subjecting people to foreign rule was so bad for America to plot a revolutionary war to gain its freedom, why is it suddenly fine to subject Iraq to the same, if not worse, treatment?
quand va t on arreter toutes c est guerres ? qui son controler par des marchand d armes et des groupes petrolier et des politique qui reste bien au chaud dans leurs lit et qui ne vont jamais au barroude un ancient legionnaire qui ne touchera plus jamais une arme de sa vie croyer moi aimons nous les un les autre merde on va a notre perte
The only reason I keep coming back here is because I enjoy this song. I looked it up and found this memorial. The politics are not the purpose of this site. I agree that oil is part of this war, but oil translates as wealth, and when Hussein ruled he used that money to kill and maim all who opposed. Wherever there is injustice in the world it affects everyone. I'm sorry, we can not let the totalitarian regimes in this world dictate foreign policy. Get out of my memorial.
you are fighting for oil. OIL. now personally, if bush and blair had stood up and said ' we are going to invade iraq because we want the oil, and anyway saddam is a prick' i wouldnt have had a problem. its the lies and the hypocrisy i cant stand. if you are going to send people to their deaths, you should at least have the decency to tell the truth about it. its about oil and nothing but oil. if america cared about democracy, the president would have been elected by a majority!
look, we can go on quoting great literature at each other, but the plain truth is, it is a stupid, squallid little war for oil and there is nothing brave or noble about it. im not a pacifist but every single person on both sides of americas conflict has died for nothing.
i will concede that it will be better for iraqis in twenty years from now thanit was under saddam, but it is a shame that humanity has to make progress through such foolish, violent means and for all the wrong reasons.
"The brave man is unshakeable as far as a man may be, though he will fear terrifying things he will face them in the right way, and a rational manner for honor's sake, since this is the end of his virtue"
'and the money that could have been spent on medical supplies and food went on more gas and more guns and more bombs, and in the hearts of the people the grapes of wrath fermented'
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. "The world breaks everyone, and afterword many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills. It kills the very good, and the gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
Hey, first of all I'd like to say that this song is a favorite of mine. To that I would add that I really liked your video. Some people here seem to be under the impression that this video is unpatriotic and I sincerely cannot understand why. Even if you state your disagreement with the war, your video clearly illustrate that you have the utmost respect for the soldiers, their sacrifices and those of their families... HAAAA...I'm listening to the song as I'm writing...Never loses its power.
how come every time i see a video about iraq there are thousands of comments from people who think they are scholars? its youtube people. We can just end the quarreling by saying this war is horrible and were loosing our men out there and we should not be there. Im sure we all agree on that
The subtitle for the photo compilation is "sad song for a pointless war." But the photos show just the opposite. All war is terrible, but that's not the same as pointless. It's sad that people want to blame their country for everything and are blind to the fact that every good thing that has happened on the international stage over the past one hundred years has been done by the U.S.
kricefam-yeah, you're right, this non-pointless war in Iraq has been a wonderfully good thing. Unless you're one of the people who got killed or maimed, but if it works for you that's all that really matters. keep drinking the kool-aide
You live in a sad and angry world Ted. I feel sorry for people that grew up despising their country or went off to college and got "educated" into hatred of America.
Some of us appreciate our country for its unique greatness, but you're more sophisticated than that. Hope that works out for you. Are you proud of our veterans or do you just pity them?
It's pathetic that the only argument left for the ignorant and uninformed is to question the patriotism of anyone who disagrees with the actions of our leaders. I don't pity the troops, I pity your lack of understanding and ignorance. You questioned my patriotism but how much can you actually love your country when you don't have a basic understanding of the tenets that make our nation great to begin with. If my world is sad it's because the truth isn't a fucking joke.
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no its not the truth, thats not what hurts (don't get all gleeful), what hurts is that such men make sacrifices for know it all assholes like you. you are not worthy of their sacrifice. because you betray their memory you belittle the magnitude of their service. Fuck you, you get off on human tragedy. The war is nothing but entertainment for you. Why else would you make such a despicable comment (digging it in) under the assumption that you have dissallusioned me.
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that is not true and you know. oil, are you fuckin serious, look around asshole, see the price of gas? wait wait, let me guess, george bush is hiding the oil he stole right? just so he can give it to his friends in the oil industry so they have a surplus from which to jack up the price.
see you can imagine anything with bullshit logic.
you say my friends have died for a lie, well you are the liar and I will here no more of it.
alexn: twink! you want to honor the service men? get your ass out there to fight for their right to decent medical, or haven't you heard--that injured service people are getting ripped off by the gov't as we speak. get a law passed so that service families don't have to go through bankruptcy (or starve) to survive while spouce gets shot at. make yourself useful. plus, ck. websters on mob mentality/herd behaviour. why argue w/me? talk to meddetect-you have more in common. now that's a winner.
dilligafone: thx for info. i find it depressing, but it is SO important to keep tabs on the bastards--even if, at present, we can't do anything about it. never know when a propitious moment will present itself. "all that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
It is hard to mention Iraq without sounding political. Put another way, it is hard to mention Iraq without implying that half of us are immoral or stupid. But there are truths here that exist above politics: that war is a tragedy, that all life is sacred, that healing comes with forgiveness.
This is a love song, not a protest song. I don't mean to imply that I'm for the war. I'm not. I've ever attended a few protests. I just mean, the lyrics are seemingly being taken out of context. Fuck George Bush.
I know this song is not about war, if fucking retards like yourself know it. then so do I. That doesn't mean you can't use the song to elicit feelings outside the lyrical confines of a failed relationship. Any song can mean more than one thing to different people. Take the blinders off, don't get caught in the lyrical construct that you've cemented in your fucking head and try to understand that the song can mean more than just boy loses girl.
big whoop, Should I give a shit? I didn't know Tim Buckley was the paragon of moral virtue. maybe I wouldn't like him either. He wrote good songs but I usually don't befriend junkies who abandon their kids. Just saying.
Man, I have to say this production of yours touched me like very few things have ever been able to. I'm here teary eyed as I type this and I'm not even American or in any way directly associated with the war. Just the human emotion element of it has managed to tug every one of my heart strings. Brilliant stuff man. Good though provoking stuff in a world where non-productive nonsense gets way too much attention. Well done. Keep it up
why do people lie , steal, betrAy, kill, fight, it is really ignorant.we have not evolved to a higher place of mind at all since the beginning of man... same as 10,000 B.C. only the weapons and names have changed.
how can all the mothers deprived of their children and the wives deprived of their husbands really tolerate all this? Do they REALLY think that they die for a good reason? Or for ANY reason at all? When they are at the funeral, don't they feel like spitting in the eye of the person who is giving them the folded flag and say:" Fuck you, give me back my son, I laboured quite a lot to put him into the world" ?
Our sons have volunteered to serve their country. They are fighting for us-for you. We cannot let terrorists take over the world because if we don't keep them at bay, they're gonna be right up our asses! Our sons fight over there, and we have to fight over here because people see too much of the liberal news and not enough of the facts. Please don't make it any harder on us parents than it already is! Don't down our boys because they chose to fight for us and take care of their own.
Oh yeah I get your point, I mean, Iraq is full of terrorists and Iraq clearly had weapons of mass destruction as we know from the CIA xD. Come on, do you really think the war is justified? Afghanistan, no problem with that, but Iraq... This war is just business for companies like Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR etc. and that's it.
The only business we see in this war is getting rid of terrorists and getting the people in Iraq back on their feet. Just like Nazi Germany when the forces went in after the Jews-I feel like it's the same thing, just a different time. Like it or not-it's the way it is today. It is our responsibility to stop terrorists and keep them from taking over. That's what will happen if we pull out-they will have won, they will grow, and they will get worse.
So, you know there was never any link between Iraq and Al-Quaeda, right? The war in Iraq was about weapons of mass distruction that never turned up, not terrorism (that was Afghanistan). The terrorists moved in after we destabilised the area.
I know it's hard to keep all these wars straight, but...
I think I have a little more "inside" information than you realize. You just don't want to listen so I'm not going to waste my time on you. I hope your head is up your butt far enough the terrorists can't get in it.
I don't know why this was addressed to me, but my country generally has very little problem with terrorists. Maybe this is due to a difference in foreign policy.
meddetect: what the hell is your problem? your idea of "fighting over here," is to buy a "support our troops" metal ribbon for you car? i'll bet your nickname is "rush limbaugh!" btw, "your" sons are over there because of greed and maniacal indifference on the part of cheney, rove, bush, & the other henchmen. you don't even deserve to have a son, if you are so willing to sacrifice them for that lot. you put down your boys by saying not to do so. no one did--just you did, you pinko! McClellan bk.
hey chib, go fuck yourself. your words say everything there is about you (which there isn't much) you are a stuck up know it all snob talking like you are a part of the "select few, the enlightened ones" who "really know" what the war is about. Saying america's sons, some of my friends, and perhaps in a few years me, fight and die all for bush's greed. We don't join for bush, we join for the USA and some of the ungrateful shits like you.
alexn1067: i did, you flaming idiot. life experience generally affords one better judgement. never once did i put down a service member. anyone who buys this war under the guise of bringing democracy to iraq is gullible. ain't nothing like mob mentality/herd behaviour and that's what prevailed after 911. you were 12 yrs old. btw, ayn rand was my hero--once, but she was wrong. steinbeck, a fave. try reading mc cellan and/or paying attn to your fed govt & the skulldugery.
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its not that you insult them by calling them names. You degrade their sacrifice when you say they died for bullshit. Now that is bullshit and that is what gets me steamed.
mob mentality? what you mean uniting to defeat a common foe?
Power of Nightmares is a very informative documentary for those who are not familiar with Leo Strauss (the conservative American "Marx" that influenced the Republicans the past 20 years) and the exact nature of al Qaeda and how the media has distorted it.
Power of Nightmares is a very informative documentary for those who are not familiar with Leo Strauss (the conservative American "Marx" that influenced the Republicans the past 20 years) and the exact nature of al Qaeda and how the media has distorted it.
I was against the war based on how the Republicans mismanaged Afghanistan, but I wanted to believe we were there to overthrow a fascist dictatorship. Watch Winter Soldier on youtube to see just how bad things are from the soldiers and marines who served there.
Marines may be American heroes, but they are simply dying in vain. Iraq was not freed in this battle, it was imprisoned between the walls of pain, terror and civil war. The U.S.A literally tried to extinguish the fire in the Mid-East with alcohol. But the soldiers are not to blame, they are doing their job and should be respected for that. The leaders are to be accused of this mess.
well for sure theres never been a better song written ,maybe equalled never bettered in my view
chromeheart65 2 months ago
Focus on healthcare??? For who!!! I am a professional that cant afford it!
davep1635 3 months ago
This is a very, very moving post........ What is it with humans & war?
oooo77w 4 months ago
R.I.P for the soldiers who died but now it's time to get out of iraq
thx from iraq
truthteller1913 4 months ago
i thank the sacrifice to those who served and especially died in all US wars, but if we fully pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan guess which country is right in between? Our old buddy Iran-that will be a problem no doubt. Same as if we pull out of South Korea-North Korea will most likely take over.
busterbone 4 months ago
Barack just sent more troops into our 4th war, into Africa for ...why?
flutestar51 4 months ago
barack had the congress and the senate he had the chance to save so many lives instead he focused on health care
able506 5 months ago
Yes...we will remember...
MyBestBUDDYIsAGoat 6 months ago
Hi Tedvelvet,
Love the video, its so perfect. I'm rickyc1967 (James) and I was wondering if I could have your permission to embed it on my new website which helps to raise funds for veterans? Looking forward to speaking with you soon. james
rickyc1967 7 months ago
@rickyc1967 thanks for the comments, sure you can embed it. You tube actually made me take it down for a couple of years for using the song without permission but then someone realized it might actually sell the song and magically back up it went.
tedvelvet 7 months ago
Robert E Lee may have said it best. "It is well that war is so terrible. We are so fond of it."
nymanjohn 7 months ago
Send to G.W. Bush this video ...
AcidDogFullOfShit 10 months ago
Beautiful song
AcidDogFullOfShit 10 months ago
Anyone who watches this and feels nothing is not human. This is such a beautifully moving song and together with these images, it really fucking hits you.
Ghoopty 10 months ago 2
There has always been war -there will always be war. Hello muslims/religion,i gave up on the human race when i was 15.I only pity the unfortunate creatures who are unlucky enough to share the planet with us.Overpopulation and religion will be the death of this planet mark my words.
nizxbit 3 years ago
its dead we just dont know it yet
badbart101 3 years ago
The pictue of the small girl crying at her father's coffin 1min32secs in is so desperately moving I cried. That poor wee girl. The pain she is going through is unthinkable.
My heart goes out to all in this video.
flyfifer51 3 years ago
Yep.
JamesPinneo 3 years ago
I almost for got how beautiful and timeless this song is. I remember as a kid hearing Tim Buckley sing this song about Vietnam. It is still powerfully moving. The pictures were also beautiful---and heartbreaking. God bless our troops!!!
ckc1958 3 years ago
I'm not sure how George Bush sleeps at night with all the blood on his hands. It is the blood of all the fine men and women he sent to their needless deaths in Iraq. I lived through Vietnam and I spent ten years loving and living with one of the bruised and broken men who fought there. And for what? Sometimes I wonder... just for a while. Will they ever remember?
KfromKansas 3 years ago
So beautifully said...only those who have cared for those who have served know the bruises take time to heal.
tankman702 3 years ago
a la memoria de miles de jovenes que han perdido la vida en irak. devuelvan a los chicos a casa.ellos no nesecitan guerra,solo paz NO MAS MUERTES DE JOVENES
romano1969 3 years ago
imagine
johnmusketeer 3 years ago
with politicians, there is a silence in their words that you never hear or could be sure of.
Ultima770 3 years ago
people in this country think that their only power is voting. They forget about so many things they can do.
Ultima770 3 years ago
well the people in Iraq, Vietnam, China and many other places know how to put on a protest. I don't think many Americans can stand up for their rights anymore.
Ultima770 3 years ago
Politicians only think for themselves. (most of them) they don't care about you. I know many of you know that, they don't care enough to lie to you and send millions to die for THEIR cause. SO why aren't their big rallies? protests? I mean the secret service can set up free speech zones and stuff. SO all people are doing is spreading word on the internet. that isn't enough. take the protest to the streets and show you are American or better yet... human.
Ultima770 3 years ago
Esta canção foi feita no auge do envolvimento de USA ,na guerra do Vietnam,nos 60's,a música é referencia em documentários e filmes sobre esta guerra(Dear America,letters from Vietnam, Jan C.Scruggs,about memorial in DC,etc...),
É um cocô,ver um comentário tão egoista e ignorante sobre o tema,este video é uma homenagem para os soldados que estiveram e estão neste conflito do Iraq!triste o comentário da menina shebrenilehu,teenshiitbag!.
mynamespace 3 years ago
Mas que droga, o infeliz que fez esse vídeo massacrou o sentido da música. "Once I was a soldier" é metafórico, não tem nada a ver com uma guerra imbecil, é sobre perder um amor, ser esquecido. A parte mais relevante é "sometimes I wonder, just for a while, will you ever remember me?". Pq a resposta é SIM, a cadela mentirosa que chutou ele lembra dele até hoje.
Shebrenilehu 3 years ago
Is there anyone SANE, by this point, who does not get what a disastrous war-based-on-lies-and-greed this has been, and was from the outset? We should all go to the White House this Xmas and toss shoes over the fence, carpet the WH lawn with 100 million shoes. And savage old crazee Dick Cheney is still insisting he did something right, that black is white, day is night, and that non-existent WMD's exist. Wow. He's shameful and shameless and should be ashamed but ain't because he's a sociopath.
4120Wade 3 years ago
Having heard this song first during the Vietnam War--I am reunited with it again
in this video--yet through another war this song reaches to our tender hearts --poignant wonderful video..thanks,
werldps 3 years ago
...:::::Music Of Heaven:::::...RIP Tim
garzometalpro 3 years ago
Sadly,this song will probably be the soundtrack for future wars and dead soldiers who aren't even born yet. Peace is never this poignant. What a crazy, beautiful, sick, wonderful world we live in. Gotta love it.
JacksonPerdue 3 years ago
As a Tim Buckley fan I went to youtube b/c I felt like hearings some of his songs tonight. As a Marine Corps spouse of 7 years I really appreciate the time that the creator of this video spent putting this together. As an American who was against this war from the beginning before I met my husband and before my way of thinking became popular opinion I appreciate the message. Well done.
casumners 3 years ago
Very brave of you to respond. It is not the soldiers we have a problem with. Its a war without a moral end - its another group of American men and women who will never be the same.
CHAOSCLUB1 3 years ago
pointless war indeed.
Ultima770 3 years ago
God Bless our troops!! We would not have our freedom if it was not for them. Many have paid the ultimate price so we can have the freedoms we enjoy.
m16a1rifle 3 years ago 2
Well said.People like to cut our troops down,they say the war is pointless,people who say these things dont deserve to be pissed on.Let alone fought for.
bigjess71 3 years ago
No one should blame your troops for doing their job and serving their country. But blame the motherfuckers who sent them there for nothing but bullshit.
xMelvinSmileyx 3 years ago 8
brilliant lyrics i dident find this tune untill i was 31 years old. such truth in this song
skippyisirish32 3 years ago 2
BaracK !!!
BRING THE BOYS HOME.
zentropa 3 years ago 10
so um what's with all this talk of war and politics? Aside from the opening lyrics the song really has nothing to do with war.
PrinceofLeon 3 years ago
Lets hope it is a real light. I believe we are on the verge of a new era of history (not due to Obama, rather the current economic and political climate).
Believe me, in a world of political apathy, a new leader who has the courage to stand against the poisonous elements of modern capitalism has the potential to change the world forever.
We are seeing the rise of state interventionism, even in the formerly non-interventionist United States.
GolfTheMagicRabbit 3 years ago
Obama is not going to stand against the poisonous elements of modern capitalism, he works for the system.
Usnato4evr 3 years ago
And the best way to change a system is to work within it to make it change for the good of the people. If work within the system but can see the problems that are inherent in it, you have more chance of adapting and improving it.
Either way, we shall soon see what will happen.
GolfTheMagicRabbit 3 years ago
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Wrong.
Usnato4evr 3 years ago
This was an anti war song when my father served three tours in Vietnam. It is an anti war song still on my third tour of Iraq. But I choose to look at it as a very good song from a man that died way too young. Just as his son Jeff did. Between the two of them, they had a lot of talent and it is amazing that they only met once after his son's birth.
Nautikos72 3 years ago
It is not an anti-war song. It is a song for lost love.
If you want to hear a true anti-war song listen to a the first song on Hello Goodbye by Tim Buckley.
GolfTheMagicRabbit 3 years ago
have u noticed on the inside sleeve of that album it says " he will sing you his ten tales then wander till spring". gotta love these nutbar drugfrenzied folkies.
gaydarth 3 years ago
It's a song about loss (possibly brought about because of the Vietnam War and the Soldiers who didn't come back). It's the song of a Dead Soldier about the regret of the loss of his Love. (You will Love another. Will you remember me?)
HippyJohnWales 3 years ago
je salut tous les soldats americaint et britanique qui lutte contre le terrorisme vous avez tout mon respect moi j ai fait la premier guerre du golphe je suis civile maintenant mais si on me demander de porter votre uniforme et de me battre a vos coter je le ferait sans esiter croyer moi dieux vous bénisent . un ancient légionnaire
freddy29200 3 years ago
I didn't know this was an anti-war song.I still like it.
WarmongerT101 3 years ago
Thats 2 million PER YEAR
larryonlineone 3 years ago
anchorperson
Support our troops, they don't make policy. They leave their loved ones, risk life and limb to defend us all and U.S. interests abroad. Just lke they did in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. There have always been wars and there always will be wars. There will always people opposed to wars. They have the luxury to benefit from the freedoms that others had to sacrifice blood to protect. Our military apparatus runs on fuel, lack of fuel is a direct threat to our national security.
anchorperson 3 years ago
and the tragedy is the actuel fuel has to be bought from the very people being fought against. 2 million ant-western corrupted wallabi versions of the Koran by a huge new Saudi Arabia printing press to fuel that hate, for example.
larryonlineone 3 years ago
Well said. Finally a non-asshole. So much clarity. I've been fighting off these protest assholes with one hand tied behind my back.. They don't see.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
Why should Iraqis accept what Americans would never accept? Troops barging in homes and scaring women and children, and the men. Taking away men who fight as patriotic guerrillas for Iraq. Tanks driving down city and suburb streets, checkpoints outside of villages. Iraqi airspace owned by the American military. Huge permanent American military bases on Iraqi soil that exist to exert power and influence over the people of Iraq. If this happened to Americans there would be millions of guerrillas.
assuasive 3 years ago
Well said, well said.
1939model 3 years ago
Number of Iraqi's who flew planes on 9/11 - 0
Number of Iranian's who flew planes on 9/11 - 0
Number of Saudi's who flew planes on 9/11 - 15
Who are America's enemies...those that Bush-McCain talk about or ????
geomguy 3 years ago
Number of Iraqi's free from Saddam's reign of terror which was infinitely worse than 9/11... ?
secondeye 3 years ago
McCain will be elected and will die shortly thereafter; Palin will start WWIII because it will mean the return of Jesus Christ. All the Christians will be raptured.
Finally we will have a world where all the fucking Christians are gone!!! It is, I admit, a heavy price to pay, but in the long run, after we bury the dead, clean up a bit, think of it... a world without evangelicals!!!!!
I think they call that "paradise."
almostbetterthansile 3 years ago 2
WOW THAT'S DEEP!But really whatever's left will burn.And you're wrong about McCain.Obama will be elected.Given his policies,he will probably just let The radical Muslims bomb the hell out of us.That may be the end of the world, but I truly think we'll pull through.Have a nice day.
WarmongerT101 3 years ago
AMERICA can be trusted. Just ask the native americans! :) Just because i would rather have my buddy drinking beer with me and not in the ground thats makes me unamerican. Iraq threat? They are poor and now we have there oil fields and are not going anywhere. watch and see. See your son go to war, be told a year and he stays 3 years or untill he dies. over 40 marines commeted mass suicde. look into it. Things you wont see or hear!
isaacallin 3 years ago 2
I heard obama speak. and he said if we have to go into everycave in the world, he would not rest until the terror threat is brought to justice. Now i dont see any war ending. I think we all know in our hearts whats coming.
isaacallin 3 years ago 2
Beautiful job, thank you so much for making and posting this.
barbh1 3 years ago
We can go to our shopping malls without being blown up. I can walk with my wife without getting hit by sniper fire . My kids can play without fearing landmines . And yet other countries still think America sucks even after we help them ,what a wonderful world.
48leopard48 3 years ago
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Go McCain
calebbl 3 years ago
Go Obama
Sundaranachiapuram 3 years ago
it was in my town today. and he has no plans on ending the war let me tell you in fact he spoke of if he had to he would dig up every cave in everyland. to advenge 9/11. The NWO is in full effect. And we sleep with our surround sound and digital cable. Not seeing the world outside your box of bills tv. and other things to keep you asleep. I am going to break there control threw video! you will see!
isaacallin 3 years ago 2
hahahs nwo you fucking moron
Sundaranachiapuram 3 years ago
McCain and that dumb FLOOZY are gonna LOSE.
zentropa 3 years ago 2
I'm not sure what i was thinking when i wrote that. McCain and that dumb floozy are gonna lose as they should. Too bad the country will go to hell in a year anyway:(
calebbl 3 years ago
If they don't lose then your nation is in serious trouble. Especially as Palin is possibly the worst vice-presidential candidate in the history of the United States.
GolfTheMagicRabbit 3 years ago
So beautiful.
Retrospective18 3 years ago
This song was originally about the Vietnam War and was featured in the anti-war movie "Coming Home" starring John Voight, Bruce Dern, & Jane Fonda. It applies to this senseless, illegal war as well. Impeach Bush!
RainBeauRhyder 3 years ago 3
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If it wasn't for Vietnam we wouldn't of defeated the Soviet Union. They eventually went bankrupt because of our commitment to face their wicked ambitions of world domination. The middle east needs restructuring. Their peoples live in a dark domain with no hope or education and their women are resigned to slavery. We have to support our troops by supporting their cause. If this war is so senseless why are our troops willing to take wounds for it? How come nobody is protesting? They're scared.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
Actually, the war in Afghanistan is what did them in. We armed, trained and supported the Taliban to keep them there.
Then they had Chernobyl to deal with.
If you think we can "restructure" the middle east, think again. It's impossible.
Besides, WE DON"T HAVE ANY MONEY.
sistersuetube 3 years ago 3
Oh ok, lets just let the terrorists and totalitarian regimes run our world. Let them tell us what to do.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
You might be right about the USSR, and you might be right about the Middle East, but why is the US in any position to criticize the rest of the world? Do you honestly think that your way of life is perfect? "Judge not lest ye be judged".
Fredjim187 3 years ago
The U.S. has always been a beacon of hope. And honestly I think the U.S. is the only chance this world has. Who would fill the vacuum if the U.S. dissolved. Russia? China? Islam? Visit a third world country and your views will change. In fact, visit a war zone and see how fast authority can collapse and starvation take hold. Please think about it.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
And not saying the rest of the world is great, but I wouldn't associate the US with 'hope'. Nothing they are doing is helping anything and, to be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure they're trying - I think the occupation of Iraq had more to do with that dark substance known as 'oil' than anything else.
Fredjim187 3 years ago
Whatever that's why we are winning, and your country bailed.
At least we are committed to maintaining some kind of semblance of international order. We're fixing the mistakes that Britain made when they carved up the middle east and extracted oil to fuel their war machine and imperialistic ambitions. And finally, at least the oil now belongs to the people of Iraq and not some ruthless dictator's bank account.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
Ironically, 'carving up the Middle East and extracting oil to fuel their war machine and imperialistic ambitions' describes, almost exactly, what the US is doing now. You think Bush actually went in because he felt the moral need to correct a corrupt system? If that were really the case, then coalition forces would occupy most of the world...
Fredjim187 3 years ago
The oil certainly doesn't belong to the people of Iraq. People of Iraq will continue to die and US will make money on their back on the pretence of protecting them.
Nicoco95310 3 years ago
You think no one's protesting this war?
I don't suppose you watch the news, do you?
OH! I bet you watch Faux News. They had embedded reporters at the DNC and the RNC.
That's, y'know, the places where THOUSANDS of people took to the streets and protested. They were scared of the gas and the pepper spray and the stormtroopers, but they protested anyhow.
BethelPrescott 3 years ago
Please don't protest my war. Its the only one I have. Don't you understand that the U.S. has to have a war every 10-20 years just to keep the Army trained. Standing armies are meant to be used. That's why our founding fathers didn't like them. I think they should draft all you bastards, and then you can help defend your freedom. And be a real citizen. We are always at a crisis point. And, those people are our enemies. So yes, I support my war.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
I don't know where to start correcting that. The whole paragraph is just completely ridiculous. Can you please elaborate on how the Iraq war involved 'defending your freedom'? Maybe I'm misremembering events, but I don't think Iraq ever invaded the US - I think it might have been the other way around.
Fredjim187 3 years ago
To MOONROOSTER :
You like the fucking war so much, why DONT YOU SERVE IN IRAQ or AFGHANISTAN.
MORON.
zentropa 3 years ago
Yes, I love seeing you all so pissed off. Just realize that somebody is out there in the field. I gave my oath, and did my time in the field. In fact I gave 4 proud years of my youth to my country. And it was the best thing I ever did. If my country called again I would go. Because the threat is real. Don't be so blind. Injustice affects everyone, and I have to ask. What will these terrorist assholes try next. J.M for president dirtbags.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
'Injustice'! Are you high!? You think that 'justice' actually exists in America? It's kind of cute that you really believe that, but wake up!
Fredjim187 3 years ago 2
Don't let these assholes get you down moonrooster. Thanks for your service and for protecting those with their heads stuck so far up their asses that they can't see the light.
lostmet 3 years ago
Step back for a moment and look what you've said.
"The U.S. has to have a war every 10-20 years just to to keep the army trained" to fight because "we are always at a crisis point".....
Now see if you can guess why "our founding fathers didn't like (standing armies)".
Then take that to the next level and ask yourself why this is happening, and what you can do to stop it.
BethelPrescott 3 years ago
I'll tell you how to stop it. How about winning? Oh, that never crossed your mind because you want to see our country lose. I was just telling like it is sweetheart.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
21st century colonialism is as damaging as it was in the 18th centruy when America gained independence from the British empire. America has forgotten the principles it was founded upon - liberty, freedom and democracy.
If subjecting people to foreign rule was so bad for America to plot a revolutionary war to gain its freedom, why is it suddenly fine to subject Iraq to the same, if not worse, treatment?
GolfTheMagicRabbit 3 years ago
"Forever panting, and for ever young;
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue."
J. Keats
moonrooster77 3 years ago
Very sad song, very sad visuals.
Whether we are for or against the war, you can't help but feel sadness for all those who have suffered enourmous pain because of it.
Well done.
colincoby 3 years ago
is the war inside your mind
FudgeCicleys 3 years ago
quand va t on arreter toutes c est guerres ? qui son controler par des marchand d armes et des groupes petrolier et des politique qui reste bien au chaud dans leurs lit et qui ne vont jamais au barroude un ancient legionnaire qui ne touchera plus jamais une arme de sa vie croyer moi aimons nous les un les autre merde on va a notre perte
freddy29200 3 years ago
Look,
The only reason I keep coming back here is because I enjoy this song. I looked it up and found this memorial. The politics are not the purpose of this site. I agree that oil is part of this war, but oil translates as wealth, and when Hussein ruled he used that money to kill and maim all who opposed. Wherever there is injustice in the world it affects everyone. I'm sorry, we can not let the totalitarian regimes in this world dictate foreign policy. Get out of my memorial.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
you are fighting for oil. OIL. now personally, if bush and blair had stood up and said ' we are going to invade iraq because we want the oil, and anyway saddam is a prick' i wouldnt have had a problem. its the lies and the hypocrisy i cant stand. if you are going to send people to their deaths, you should at least have the decency to tell the truth about it. its about oil and nothing but oil. if america cared about democracy, the president would have been elected by a majority!
reltonpelton 3 years ago
We are fighting to preserve the most precious form of government for ourselves, and the world.. FDR.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
look, we can go on quoting great literature at each other, but the plain truth is, it is a stupid, squallid little war for oil and there is nothing brave or noble about it. im not a pacifist but every single person on both sides of americas conflict has died for nothing.
i will concede that it will be better for iraqis in twenty years from now thanit was under saddam, but it is a shame that humanity has to make progress through such foolish, violent means and for all the wrong reasons.
reltonpelton 3 years ago
Thinking is the hardest work there is, that's why so few engage in it.
Henry Ford
moonrooster77 3 years ago
'if they wanted to put me in a war, id rather they just took me outside and shot me'
holden in catcher in the rye
reltonpelton 3 years ago
"The brave man is unshakeable as far as a man may be, though he will fear terrifying things he will face them in the right way, and a rational manner for honor's sake, since this is the end of his virtue"
Aristotle
moonrooster77 3 years ago
'and the money that could have been spent on medical supplies and food went on more gas and more guns and more bombs, and in the hearts of the people the grapes of wrath fermented'
john steinbeck
reltonpelton 3 years ago
If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. "The world breaks everyone, and afterword many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break, it kills. It kills the very good, and the gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."
Hemingway--A Farewell to Arms.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
'patriotism is the virtue of the vicious'
oscar wilde
reltonpelton 3 years ago
"The Tygers of Wrath are Wiser than The Horses of Instruction"
--William Blake.
moonrooster77 3 years ago
"cum on feel the noize, girls rock your boyz"
-slade
kingsorcerer29 3 years ago
Hey, first of all I'd like to say that this song is a favorite of mine. To that I would add that I really liked your video. Some people here seem to be under the impression that this video is unpatriotic and I sincerely cannot understand why. Even if you state your disagreement with the war, your video clearly illustrate that you have the utmost respect for the soldiers, their sacrifices and those of their families... HAAAA...I'm listening to the song as I'm writing...Never loses its power.
davidivivid 3 years ago
how come every time i see a video about iraq there are thousands of comments from people who think they are scholars? its youtube people. We can just end the quarreling by saying this war is horrible and were loosing our men out there and we should not be there. Im sure we all agree on that
DaveSebra 3 years ago
you still talking, what part of I am done with you don't you get, goodbye bitch
Alexn1067 3 years ago
well now at least you bring out the shit in you openly. go have a nice day and go fuck yourself.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
The subtitle for the photo compilation is "sad song for a pointless war." But the photos show just the opposite. All war is terrible, but that's not the same as pointless. It's sad that people want to blame their country for everything and are blind to the fact that every good thing that has happened on the international stage over the past one hundred years has been done by the U.S.
kricefam 3 years ago
kricefam-yeah, you're right, this non-pointless war in Iraq has been a wonderfully good thing. Unless you're one of the people who got killed or maimed, but if it works for you that's all that really matters. keep drinking the kool-aide
tedvelvet 3 years ago
You live in a sad and angry world Ted. I feel sorry for people that grew up despising their country or went off to college and got "educated" into hatred of America.
Some of us appreciate our country for its unique greatness, but you're more sophisticated than that. Hope that works out for you. Are you proud of our veterans or do you just pity them?
kricefam 3 years ago
It's pathetic that the only argument left for the ignorant and uninformed is to question the patriotism of anyone who disagrees with the actions of our leaders. I don't pity the troops, I pity your lack of understanding and ignorance. You questioned my patriotism but how much can you actually love your country when you don't have a basic understanding of the tenets that make our nation great to begin with. If my world is sad it's because the truth isn't a fucking joke.
tedvelvet 3 years ago
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fuck you, the sad truth is that you are a know it little cunt who is going to learn the hard lesson of humility sooner or later.
you couldn't carry the fuckin lunch of my friends because you are a piece of shit/waste of fuckin life.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
Cetero censeo ignorantiam esse delendam!!!
PolexiaAphrodisia 3 years ago
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no its not the truth, thats not what hurts (don't get all gleeful), what hurts is that such men make sacrifices for know it all assholes like you. you are not worthy of their sacrifice. because you betray their memory you belittle the magnitude of their service. Fuck you, you get off on human tragedy. The war is nothing but entertainment for you. Why else would you make such a despicable comment (digging it in) under the assumption that you have dissallusioned me.
stfu, i am done with you.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
alexn: you are entitled to your own opinion NOT YOUR OWN FACTS!!
....Someone had blunder'd.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death, Rode the six hundred. Alfred Lord Tennyson
chibinski 3 years ago 2
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that is not true and you know. oil, are you fuckin serious, look around asshole, see the price of gas? wait wait, let me guess, george bush is hiding the oil he stole right? just so he can give it to his friends in the oil industry so they have a surplus from which to jack up the price.
see you can imagine anything with bullshit logic.
you say my friends have died for a lie, well you are the liar and I will here no more of it.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
alexn: twink! you want to honor the service men? get your ass out there to fight for their right to decent medical, or haven't you heard--that injured service people are getting ripped off by the gov't as we speak. get a law passed so that service families don't have to go through bankruptcy (or starve) to survive while spouce gets shot at. make yourself useful. plus, ck. websters on mob mentality/herd behaviour. why argue w/me? talk to meddetect-you have more in common. now that's a winner.
chibinski 3 years ago
alexn: i am not against defending oneself/one's country. i am against bullying another country into our brand of democracy.
chibinski 3 years ago
oops!! my computer screwed up, i guess. rewrote thinking it had been lost.
chibinski 3 years ago
dilligafone: thx for info. i find it depressing, but it is SO important to keep tabs on the bastards--even if, at present, we can't do anything about it. never know when a propitious moment will present itself. "all that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
chibinski 3 years ago
Sad ,just sad all those fathers that will never come home to see there loved one's .
17Erick17 3 years ago
Sick, sad world...
deathpart 3 years ago
war stinks.
imajeepster 3 years ago
It is hard to mention Iraq without sounding political. Put another way, it is hard to mention Iraq without implying that half of us are immoral or stupid. But there are truths here that exist above politics: that war is a tragedy, that all life is sacred, that healing comes with forgiveness.
pupplesan 3 years ago
Thank You.
timamykate 3 years ago
makes you cry... this song was played in the movie " Coming Home"... rent it,,, watch it..
history repeating itself... we have not learned much at all... time to grow.
gaulfdeziner 3 years ago
More than that, I'll go ahead and say that that was quite rude, and unjustly so.
kingsorcerer29 3 years ago 2
I meant to type in even rather than ever, for the record.
kingsorcerer29 3 years ago
This is a love song, not a protest song. I don't mean to imply that I'm for the war. I'm not. I've ever attended a few protests. I just mean, the lyrics are seemingly being taken out of context. Fuck George Bush.
kingsorcerer29 3 years ago
I know this song is not about war, if fucking retards like yourself know it. then so do I. That doesn't mean you can't use the song to elicit feelings outside the lyrical confines of a failed relationship. Any song can mean more than one thing to different people. Take the blinders off, don't get caught in the lyrical construct that you've cemented in your fucking head and try to understand that the song can mean more than just boy loses girl.
tedvelvet 3 years ago
Wow buddy. Wow.
kingsorcerer29 3 years ago
Tim wouldn't like you much tedvelvet...
ilooklikeppl 3 years ago
big whoop, Should I give a shit? I didn't know Tim Buckley was the paragon of moral virtue. maybe I wouldn't like him either. He wrote good songs but I usually don't befriend junkies who abandon their kids. Just saying.
tedvelvet 3 years ago
Man, I have to say this production of yours touched me like very few things have ever been able to. I'm here teary eyed as I type this and I'm not even American or in any way directly associated with the war. Just the human emotion element of it has managed to tug every one of my heart strings. Brilliant stuff man. Good though provoking stuff in a world where non-productive nonsense gets way too much attention. Well done. Keep it up
Hurley1184 3 years ago
For me there has always been three singers from the late 60's who sang each of their songs like it was going to be their last.
And of course,the day came for each of them.
They were Tim Buckley, Phil Ochs and Nick Drake.
I guess if Dylan had been killed in his 1966 motor cycle accident, there would have been four!!
australisman 3 years ago
once i was ....breathtaken.
why do people lie , steal, betrAy, kill, fight, it is really ignorant.we have not evolved to a higher place of mind at all since the beginning of man... same as 10,000 B.C. only the weapons and names have changed.
funkandgroovin 3 years ago
Nice tribute. Thanks!
S/F
TheLatigoKid 3 years ago
how can all the mothers deprived of their children and the wives deprived of their husbands really tolerate all this? Do they REALLY think that they die for a good reason? Or for ANY reason at all? When they are at the funeral, don't they feel like spitting in the eye of the person who is giving them the folded flag and say:" Fuck you, give me back my son, I laboured quite a lot to put him into the world" ?
vonklausewitz 3 years ago 2
Our sons have volunteered to serve their country. They are fighting for us-for you. We cannot let terrorists take over the world because if we don't keep them at bay, they're gonna be right up our asses! Our sons fight over there, and we have to fight over here because people see too much of the liberal news and not enough of the facts. Please don't make it any harder on us parents than it already is! Don't down our boys because they chose to fight for us and take care of their own.
meddetect10 3 years ago
Oh yeah I get your point, I mean, Iraq is full of terrorists and Iraq clearly had weapons of mass destruction as we know from the CIA xD. Come on, do you really think the war is justified? Afghanistan, no problem with that, but Iraq... This war is just business for companies like Blackwater, Halliburton, KBR etc. and that's it.
EchterLipper 3 years ago
The only business we see in this war is getting rid of terrorists and getting the people in Iraq back on their feet. Just like Nazi Germany when the forces went in after the Jews-I feel like it's the same thing, just a different time. Like it or not-it's the way it is today. It is our responsibility to stop terrorists and keep them from taking over. That's what will happen if we pull out-they will have won, they will grow, and they will get worse.
meddetect10 3 years ago
So, you know there was never any link between Iraq and Al-Quaeda, right? The war in Iraq was about weapons of mass distruction that never turned up, not terrorism (that was Afghanistan). The terrorists moved in after we destabilised the area.
I know it's hard to keep all these wars straight, but...
curiousjapan 3 years ago 2
I think I have a little more "inside" information than you realize. You just don't want to listen so I'm not going to waste my time on you. I hope your head is up your butt far enough the terrorists can't get in it.
meddetect10 3 years ago
I don't know why this was addressed to me, but my country generally has very little problem with terrorists. Maybe this is due to a difference in foreign policy.
curiousjapan 3 years ago
dildo! maybe you posted b4 mcclellan's book came out. read it and learn.
chibinski 3 years ago
meddetect: what the hell is your problem? your idea of "fighting over here," is to buy a "support our troops" metal ribbon for you car? i'll bet your nickname is "rush limbaugh!" btw, "your" sons are over there because of greed and maniacal indifference on the part of cheney, rove, bush, & the other henchmen. you don't even deserve to have a son, if you are so willing to sacrifice them for that lot. you put down your boys by saying not to do so. no one did--just you did, you pinko! McClellan bk.
chibinski 3 years ago
hey chib, go fuck yourself. your words say everything there is about you (which there isn't much) you are a stuck up know it all snob talking like you are a part of the "select few, the enlightened ones" who "really know" what the war is about. Saying america's sons, some of my friends, and perhaps in a few years me, fight and die all for bush's greed. We don't join for bush, we join for the USA and some of the ungrateful shits like you.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
I'm with chibinski on this one...
Please don't enlist, at least not if you reason is to protect 'some of the ungrateful shits like you.'
Most of us ungrateful pieces of shit would rather that you use all that extra testosterone for something worthwhile, not for killing/dying.
kingsorcerer29 3 years ago
god how you must wish that you lived during vietnam you fuckin vulture.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
alexn1067: i did, you flaming idiot. life experience generally affords one better judgement. never once did i put down a service member. anyone who buys this war under the guise of bringing democracy to iraq is gullible. ain't nothing like mob mentality/herd behaviour and that's what prevailed after 911. you were 12 yrs old. btw, ayn rand was my hero--once, but she was wrong. steinbeck, a fave. try reading mc cellan and/or paying attn to your fed govt & the skulldugery.
chibinski 3 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
its not that you insult them by calling them names. You degrade their sacrifice when you say they died for bullshit. Now that is bullshit and that is what gets me steamed.
mob mentality? what you mean uniting to defeat a common foe?
your no messiah, so don't talk like you are.
Alexn1067 3 years ago
Power of Nightmares is a very informative documentary for those who are not familiar with Leo Strauss (the conservative American "Marx" that influenced the Republicans the past 20 years) and the exact nature of al Qaeda and how the media has distorted it.
KoroOutbreak 3 years ago 2
Power of Nightmares is a very informative documentary for those who are not familiar with Leo Strauss (the conservative American "Marx" that influenced the Republicans the past 20 years) and the exact nature of al Qaeda and how the media has distorted it.
KoroOutbreak 3 years ago
I was against the war based on how the Republicans mismanaged Afghanistan, but I wanted to believe we were there to overthrow a fascist dictatorship. Watch Winter Soldier on youtube to see just how bad things are from the soldiers and marines who served there.
KoroOutbreak 3 years ago 2
all this blud for the fucken money for the fucken oil not for freedom not for iraq..why???????????????
OMIROS2 3 years ago 3
and power
Ukulitka 3 years ago
You sound like a typical simplistic thinking liberal. Like all things in life, the Iraq conflict is about so much more than oil.
Dealit707 3 years ago
If it was only that simple.
Dealit707 3 years ago
Those Marines are American heroes. Fighting to free the Iraq people from tyranny and oppression.
Dealit707 3 years ago
Marines may be American heroes, but they are simply dying in vain. Iraq was not freed in this battle, it was imprisoned between the walls of pain, terror and civil war. The U.S.A literally tried to extinguish the fire in the Mid-East with alcohol. But the soldiers are not to blame, they are doing their job and should be respected for that. The leaders are to be accused of this mess.
ScreenEyes 3 years ago