I've had so many of those songs playing in my mind lately. Eve of Destruction is truly an ominous one. I just can't get them out of my mind!
I was just a few years off to feel the full impact of Viet Nam, but what I DID see, hear and read about it haunts me.
The young men I met after it was over were never free from their experience. It became a dark part of them and few would even speak of it. The drugs they had-especially grass-were so common, it was like a part of their daily routine. I only know what a few told me. Maybe it wasn't that prolific. Yet, they felt they NEEDED them to dull their fear and their conscience.
The wounds-mental and physical-were so deep that many couldn't figure out how to crawl out of the "funk". And these were the "lucky" ones? ...the survivors?
Arya-You are right, apathy IS an enemy (Communist Manifesto) but I can only pray we exhaust every avenue before we move forward.
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WAR- Whitfield &Stong excerpts (Back to you Delt Alum)
War. huh! Yeah!
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin'! Uh huh uh hu-uh.
Ahhh war.
I despise, cause it means destruction of innocent life.
War means tears to thousands of mothers' eyes,
when their sons go off to fight and lose their lives.
War.
It ain't nothin' but a heart breaker.
War.
Friend only, to the undertaker.
Ahhh war.
is an enemy to all mankind.
The thought of war blows my mind.
War has caused unrest within the younger generation.
Induction, then destruction. Who wants to die?
Ahhh war.
has shattered, many a young man's dreams.
Made him disabled, bitter and mean.
Life is but too short and precious,
it's been fighting wars each day.
War can't give life, it can only take it away..
Peace, love and understanding, tell me
Is there no place for them today?
They say we must fight, to keep our freedom,
but Lord knows there's got to be a better way...
War. huh! Good God now, huh!
What is it good for?
Stand up and shout it. nothin'!