Timeline of Afghanistan (December 2001)
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Monday, December 3, 2001
News reports state that Australian, British, French, German and Russian special forces are on the ground in Afghanistan in addition to U.S. special forces and marines.
Regarding the snow, this is what happened in Afghanistan, on december 4th 2001:
First snow warns of humanitarian disaster
Aid hampered by weather, bandits and infighting
Tuesday December 4 2001
The first heavy snowfalls of what looks like becoming a very cruel winter blanketed northern Afghanistan yesterday, imperilling the lives of hundreds of thousands of people at risk from cold, hunger and inadequate shelter and raising fears of an impending humanitarian emergency.
The rest of the song is mainly a social critics. As we all know, the US are becoming more and more religious and the line between religion/state are becoming thinner. The purpose of churches now is to make profit, and banks are becoming places of worship, that means that MONEY is becoming what we all believe in: The Oil War (Iraq War), and etc.
Yes, I think it's something like a soldier that is realizing what's happening and has a "wake up call", asking his family (father, girlfriend, etc) to help him out.
This is what I think the whole song is about:
Timeline of Afghanistan (December 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monday, December 3, 2001 News reports state that Australian, British, French, German and Russian special forces are on the ground in Afghanistan in addition to U.S. special forces and marines.
Regarding the snow, this is what happened in Afghanistan, on december 4th 2001:
First snow warns of humanitarian disaster
Aid hampered by weather, bandits and infighting
Tuesday December 4 2001
The first heavy snowfalls of what looks like becoming a very cruel winter blanketed northern Afghanistan yesterday, imperilling the lives of hundreds of thousands of people at risk from cold, hunger and inadequate shelter and raising fears of an impending humanitarian emergency.
Here are the links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%28December_2001%29
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/dec/04/afghanistan.iantraynor
The rest of the song is mainly a social critics. As we all know, the US are becoming more and more religious and the line between religion/state are becoming thinner. The purpose of churches now is to make profit, and banks are becoming places of worship, that means that MONEY is becoming what we all believe in: The Oil War (Iraq War), and etc.
Yes, I think it's something like a soldier that is realizing what's happening and has a "wake up call", asking his family (father, girlfriend, etc) to help him out.