My Country Lyrics

Lyric discussion by MarionDelgado 

Cover art for My Country lyrics by Midnight Oil

I think this refers to the bombing of the al-Amriyah shelter in Baghdad during the gulf war (by American planes).

http://www.dawn.com/2011/02/16/iraq-shelter-bombed-by-us-remains-frozen-in-time.html

And did I hear you say My country right or wrong

Did you save your face Did you breach your faith Women, there were children at the shelter Now who can stop the hail When human senses fail There was never any warning, no escap

Song Meaning

@MarionDelgado This was always my interpretation. Released in 1993, it would have been written in the aftermath of the original Gulf War.