Pretty self-explanatory....It's about the supposed deception by Johnson to get the U.S. into the Vietnam War. First he sent over "advisors" who later trained the South Vietnamese army. Next thing you know our soldiers were over there fighting. Nothing wrong with the premise of helping to keep South Vietnamese free from a dictatorship, but how the war was presented and then how our soldiers were not allowed to win it (due to politics and caving into American public opinion) is what is so troublesome...at least to me.
Pretty self-explanatory....It's about the supposed deception by Johnson to get the U.S. into the Vietnam War. First he sent over "advisors" who later trained the South Vietnamese army. Next thing you know our soldiers were over there fighting. Nothing wrong with the premise of helping to keep South Vietnamese free from a dictatorship, but how the war was presented and then how our soldiers were not allowed to win it (due to politics and caving into American public opinion) is what is so troublesome...at least to me.
@michaelmccaffrey It's about the Vietnam war as stated above and how Lyndon B Johnson kept escalating the American military presence there in spite of claiming he wouldn't (or wasn't). The song isn't transcribed correctly here as the lyrics actually increase the number of troops added for each verse. In between the explanation of escalation the lyrics reference how the young and uneducated were targeted for recruitment (a fun fact is that during some periods of the war recruitment targeted men old enough to be enlisted but who wouldn't be old enough to vote for a few years). Also the lyrics...
@michaelmccaffrey It's about the Vietnam war as stated above and how Lyndon B Johnson kept escalating the American military presence there in spite of claiming he wouldn't (or wasn't). The song isn't transcribed correctly here as the lyrics actually increase the number of troops added for each verse. In between the explanation of escalation the lyrics reference how the young and uneducated were targeted for recruitment (a fun fact is that during some periods of the war recruitment targeted men old enough to be enlisted but who wouldn't be old enough to vote for a few years). Also the lyrics basically explained how it sucked to go to Vietnam, fighting a war that a lot of the locals didn't support the ARVN and by extension the US in. Basically being at risk of being killed by the very people the enlisted were told they were there to protect. And it's not V see as in the transcription but VC , Viet Cong, the North Vietnamese "irregulars".
Can anyone help me interpret this song?
I'm thinking it's about President Lyndon B. Johnson?
I'm thinking it's about President Lyndon B. Johnson?
Pretty self-explanatory....It's about the supposed deception by Johnson to get the U.S. into the Vietnam War. First he sent over "advisors" who later trained the South Vietnamese army. Next thing you know our soldiers were over there fighting. Nothing wrong with the premise of helping to keep South Vietnamese free from a dictatorship, but how the war was presented and then how our soldiers were not allowed to win it (due to politics and caving into American public opinion) is what is so troublesome...at least to me.
Pretty self-explanatory....It's about the supposed deception by Johnson to get the U.S. into the Vietnam War. First he sent over "advisors" who later trained the South Vietnamese army. Next thing you know our soldiers were over there fighting. Nothing wrong with the premise of helping to keep South Vietnamese free from a dictatorship, but how the war was presented and then how our soldiers were not allowed to win it (due to politics and caving into American public opinion) is what is so troublesome...at least to me.
My relative was one of those "advisors" before he was drafter and then later enlisted for a second tour.
My relative was one of those "advisors" before he was drafter and then later enlisted for a second tour.
@michaelmccaffrey It's about the Vietnam war as stated above and how Lyndon B Johnson kept escalating the American military presence there in spite of claiming he wouldn't (or wasn't). The song isn't transcribed correctly here as the lyrics actually increase the number of troops added for each verse. In between the explanation of escalation the lyrics reference how the young and uneducated were targeted for recruitment (a fun fact is that during some periods of the war recruitment targeted men old enough to be enlisted but who wouldn't be old enough to vote for a few years). Also the lyrics...
@michaelmccaffrey It's about the Vietnam war as stated above and how Lyndon B Johnson kept escalating the American military presence there in spite of claiming he wouldn't (or wasn't). The song isn't transcribed correctly here as the lyrics actually increase the number of troops added for each verse. In between the explanation of escalation the lyrics reference how the young and uneducated were targeted for recruitment (a fun fact is that during some periods of the war recruitment targeted men old enough to be enlisted but who wouldn't be old enough to vote for a few years). Also the lyrics basically explained how it sucked to go to Vietnam, fighting a war that a lot of the locals didn't support the ARVN and by extension the US in. Basically being at risk of being killed by the very people the enlisted were told they were there to protect. And it's not V see as in the transcription but VC , Viet Cong, the North Vietnamese "irregulars".