It almost seems like this song was predicting what would happen in a US-led invasion of Iraq. It sounds strange, since this song was written a few years before the war began, but everything fits.
"today's Ba'ath regime..." - the scare tactics leading up to the war
"waiting for somebody else..." - protesters of the war thinking that the war would meet with more opposition when in actuality there was almost no debate before launching into war with Iraq
"a cottage industry" - terrorism, experiencing an upswing fed by a US occupancy
"decapitated monument" - countless other power-hungry dictators-to-be lining up to replace Saddam
It almost seems like this song was predicting what would happen in a US-led invasion of Iraq. It sounds strange, since this song was written a few years before the war began, but everything fits.
"today's Ba'ath regime..." - the scare tactics leading up to the war
"waiting for somebody else..." - protesters of the war thinking that the war would meet with more opposition when in actuality there was almost no debate before launching into war with Iraq
"a cottage industry" - terrorism, experiencing an upswing fed by a US occupancy
"decapitated monument" - countless other power-hungry dictators-to-be lining up to replace Saddam
It's eerie how exact this song got it.