What I found rather interesting is that the "Your position of mass starvation and blind air strikes" is referencing what took place during Bill Clinton's term in office (not to say that this happened exclusively with Clinton). A legacy of the first Gulf War was the sanctions on Iraq which lead indirectly (with the help of their leader) to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens, an exceptionally large portion of which were malnourished children. Also during this time were missile strikes taking place in the War in the Balkans. Despite increased use of 'smart missiles,' most missiles the Americans used in this time were dumb missiles without advanced targetting technology. Naturally, this lead to the death innocent civilians and some rather unintended targets, like an asprin plant and the Chinese Embassy.
I always took to interpret "Hold them all to words they can't take back" as a call to defend the Constitution.
Perhaps my favorite thing about my song is that at the shows I've gone to, Tim will encourage people to register to vote and then dedicate the song to those who have.
What I found rather interesting is that the "Your position of mass starvation and blind air strikes" is referencing what took place during Bill Clinton's term in office (not to say that this happened exclusively with Clinton). A legacy of the first Gulf War was the sanctions on Iraq which lead indirectly (with the help of their leader) to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens, an exceptionally large portion of which were malnourished children. Also during this time were missile strikes taking place in the War in the Balkans. Despite increased use of 'smart missiles,' most missiles the Americans used in this time were dumb missiles without advanced targetting technology. Naturally, this lead to the death innocent civilians and some rather unintended targets, like an asprin plant and the Chinese Embassy.
I always took to interpret "Hold them all to words they can't take back" as a call to defend the Constitution.
Perhaps my favorite thing about my song is that at the shows I've gone to, Tim will encourage people to register to vote and then dedicate the song to those who have.
Well said, dude
Well said, dude