Summary: This line is taken from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. It is spoken as part of a monologue by Caesar's friend, standing over his grave, prophesizing hurtin' onto Caesar's conspiritors. 'Havoc,' in that time, meant "a military cry to general slaughter without quarter." Caesar is to rise from the grave with Ate (the goddess of vengeance) and cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war. Yummy.
I would also like to point out this song's relevance to the recent WTC events, and contrast its point of view to that of Solitary:
'Now' we are trying to destroy the Taliban and take vengeance for our loss: "Stand your ground, this is what we are fighting for ... Let slip the dogs of war."
But we will eventually realize that this is completely futile, and we will "sever the line to the guilty past, to the ones who brought us nothing [the government and this revenge mentality] who spoke of futures brave and proud and brought only hate and war. Lined the streets with hollow praise, marked the land with paper statues [basically, the whole idea of being against the Taliban and that they're evil and we're the pillar of hope and justice in the world] Shadows fell on their futile ways, and then there was nothing more [us realizing that this 'war' is trivial and pointless, and simply dropping it.]"
To get a better understanding of the line, "Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war," refer to this URL: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/48.html
Summary: This line is taken from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. It is spoken as part of a monologue by Caesar's friend, standing over his grave, prophesizing hurtin' onto Caesar's conspiritors. 'Havoc,' in that time, meant "a military cry to general slaughter without quarter." Caesar is to rise from the grave with Ate (the goddess of vengeance) and cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war. Yummy.
I would also like to point out this song's relevance to the recent WTC events, and contrast its point of view to that of Solitary:
'Now' we are trying to destroy the Taliban and take vengeance for our loss: "Stand your ground, this is what we are fighting for ... Let slip the dogs of war."
But we will eventually realize that this is completely futile, and we will "sever the line to the guilty past, to the ones who brought us nothing [the government and this revenge mentality] who spoke of futures brave and proud and brought only hate and war. Lined the streets with hollow praise, marked the land with paper statues [basically, the whole idea of being against the Taliban and that they're evil and we're the pillar of hope and justice in the world] Shadows fell on their futile ways, and then there was nothing more [us realizing that this 'war' is trivial and pointless, and simply dropping it.]"