4000

[the eternal]

4,000th US Military Casualty Marked as Symbolic Moment of Iraq War

I'm not going to be all "political" here.

(The article I linked to above is from Voice of America- a non partisan news source funded by the US Govt.)

This whole thing just makes me sad.

Below is the latest single from Black 47's new concept album Iraq,

which is written from the perspective of the soldiers presently serving,

in particular,

the soldiers that make up a sizable portion of their fanbase.

Got a buddy in Najaf, he’s playing it straight

Prays to the lord Jesus Christ every night

Got a homey in Samarra goin’ up the wall

Every time he hear an Islamic prayer call

Me, I don’t care much for Jesus or Mohammed

They don’t stop bullets to the best of my knowledge

Later for the both of you, catch you in eternity

Hopefully, towards the end of this century

I didn’t want to come here, I didn’t get to choose,

I got the hup, two, three, four downtown Baghdad blues.

I wish I was back home rootin’ for the Padres

‘stead of dodgin’ bullets from Mookie El Sadr

I wish I was back in the land of Giuliani

Instead of takin’ heat from Ayatollah Sistani

Don’t know what I’m doin,’ but one thing is clear

Twenty years old, I can kill but I can’t buy a beer

Keep your head down, don’t get your brain cells fried

You’ll be home by christmas - dead or alive!

I wish I was back in the us of a

Instead dodgin’ rockets in Falluji-ay

There’s a lady with my tattoo on her so special

Dream of her and me out in the desert

She ridin’ round in her daddy’s Ford Explorer

I’m kickin’ in doors, hey, I thought this war was over

Got sand in my nose, sand in my eyes

But the sand can’t cover up the sights of a

Sniper with my number, got his finger on the trigger

Hope my baby’s okay, still waitin’ for a letter

All I get are emails, so much unsaid

It’s hot here, baby, but it’s so cold inside my head.

Mission accomplished, yeah, up on deck

Got no armor for my humvee, left facin’ this train wreck

Shia don’t like me, want islamic revolution

Sunni say civil war is part of the solution

Maybe someday there’ll be peace in fallujah

Mcdonald’s on the boulevard, cadillac cruisin’

I’m tryin’ hard to keep this whole thing straight

But will someone tell me what am I doin’ here in the first place?

[Msterbeau]

What a waste.

[nilhil_glory]

"And when he get to heaven

to St. Peter he will tell

one more soldier reporting sir

I've served my time in hell"

[odims_sphere]

He died for you.

He died for me.

He died for his country.

And yet He died for nothing.

"Mission top secret, destination unknown

Don't even know if I'm ever goin' home" - US Army Airborne cadence.

[jadnifer]

So sad. Made me want to cry.

[CandyQuackenbush]

*sighs*

"Pin my wings up on my chest, tell my ma'ma I've done my best."- Army Airborne cadence.