One Camo'd Shitbag

listen people to story of a time much like today
of half-sentient simians and the false gods to which they pray
by the river there were leaders, and the serfs spread far and wide
and the sweetly cunning words convinced shaved apes to lose their hides

chorus:
Go forward and smash your neighbor, go ahead enslave your friend
Do it for the stars and stipes baby, you can justify it in the end
listen to the trumpets blowing, hail the judgment day
On the bloody morning after - one camoed shitbag rolls away

So the masters on the river sent a message that would thrill
told their slaves that they must go out to the desert and mass-kill
came the answer from the masses, in our leaders we do trust
my nation is never wrong, its enemies are never just

(chorus)

mothers, fathers cried with grief, but never looked upon themselves
their sons torn and decomposing, from the claims the masters sell
Some had turned but most stayed firm and so the bloodbath rolled along
if the oath had been upheld
this would be a less tragic song

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[NoDeity]

Pardon my ignorance -- and my not being American ;-) -- but what is the oath?

[blackacidlizzard]

@CanukDude ;p

The oath of enlistment into every branch of the US armed services is:

I, (yournamehere), do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

[blackacidlizzard]

@blackacidlizzard

(that's for active duty and reserve, national guard is a bit different, as you have to swear allegiance to the state government as well - anyway the important part is "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" - that line orders all enlistees to march on Washington DC)

[NoDeity]

@blackacidlizzard Thanks for the clarification. It occurs to me that the promise to obey the orders of the President and those of one's "superior" officers and the promise to support and defend the constitution can be (and, these days, most probably are) in conflict. I wonder how such a conflict is supposed to be resolved.

[blackacidlizzard]

@NoDeity

Yeah, as I said in my continuation, the oath commands every enlistee to set forth to overthrow the federal government. Everyone who takes the oath is either lying or even more of an ignorant moron than I was when I took it.

[onlywhenprovoked]

"if the oath had been upheld

this would be a less tragic song"

no shit, huh.

i enjoyed that, thanks for sharing.

[blackacidlizzard]

@onlywhenprovoked

Man, I still remember the visions flashing through my head as I took the oath for the first time.

Ted Kennedy was hung and disemboweled, Chuck Schumer's corpse was draped across a window and burning.

LOL

[InvincibleNumanist]

You should set this as a response to some pro army patriot video for the lulz

[NoDeity]

@blackacidlizzard So, any true patriot is likely to be prosecuted (or simply shot down) as a traitor as long as the prevailing government policies (regardless of party) continue to prevail.