Disgusting, RW propaganda bulletin from myspace....

[Moloch]

"Use your signs and have your fun, then refuse to use a gun"

This poem was appearently found in the pocket of a dead Marine in Iraq.


Take a man and put him alone,
put him twelve thousand miles from home.
Empty his heart of all but his blood,
make him live in sweat, in mud.
This is the life I have to live,
this the soul to the Devil I give.
You have your parties and drink your beer,
while young men are dying over here.
Plant your signs on the White House lawn;
"Lets get out of Vietnam".
Use your signs and have your fun,
then refuse to use a gun.
There's nothing else for you to do,
then I'm supposed to die for you.
There is one thing that you don't know;
and that's where I think you should go!
I'm already here and it's too late.
I've traded all my love just for hate.
I'll hate you till the day I die.
You made me hear my buddy cry.
I saw his leg and his blood shed,
then I heard them say "This one's dead".
It was a large price for him to pay,
to let you live another day.
He had the guts to fight and die,
to keep the freedom you live by.
By his dying your life he buys,
but who gives a DAMN if a Marine dies!

If you give a DAMN repost it.

-----


I seriously doubt this is real. I certainly hope that the overwhelming majority of our armed forces at war KNOW that it is us, not the pro-war crowd that give a damn if a marine dies. After all, WE are the ones who don't want to send them into harm's way unless absolutely necessary. WE
are the ones who want to send them home so they don't have to die for a reason that seems to change every month.

This is absolutely disgusting that right wingers have stooped so low as to use myspace as propaganda... and to claim this was found in the pocket of a dead marine.

This parallels a legend that the melody "Taps" was found in the pocket of a dead Confederate soldier. That legend is false ( http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/taps.htm ) and I'm sure this one is too.

A quick yahoo search for the two lines at the beginning of this poem, reveals another web site
( http://www.angelfire.com/id/mypowmia/Poetry06.html ) that has the same poem with this description..

~Author Unknown~

Found in the pocket of a dead marine
Quang Tri Providence,Vietnam 7 JUNE 1969

so, yeah.

[jrw14125]

1. myspace is owned by/with News Corp.- not surprisin it was "found" there...

[rinsd]

7. That has as much to do with it as the price of tea in China.

That's like saying a right wing chain letter e-mail being sent to you is the fault of AOL.

[bluestateguy]

2. Sounds like white male conservative gangsta rap

Better known as neo-con warmongering.

[Vickers]

3. Did your myspace friend spend any time in the military?

:shrug:

I did.

Funny thing, most RW cowardly assclowns I ask that question, they haven't...go figure!

"This poem was appearently found in the pocket of a dead Marine in Iraq."

*sniff*

Smells like freeper shit to me. :rofl:

[Moloch]

5. No...

I can't find anything that alludes to any kind of military service on his myspace.

[gratuitous]

4. The distinct whiff of bullshit

But of course, my response would be that I refuse to use a gun, and I didn't send any Marine anywhere to do anything. If this pants-pissing pansy is all upset because he heard his buddy crying, well too fucking bad, pal. Read stuff before you sign it next time. You’re not “protecting” my freedom, and you’re not fighting for my rights over in Iraq. If you really want to fight for my rights, I want to see a few platoons of Marines forcing the doors at one of Stupidhead’s little private rallies, or busting down the fences around the “First Amendment Zones,” or taking out the Homeland Security snoops tapping my phone or checking out my library card records. That’s where my rights and my freedom are being threatened, not in Iraq.

[cap]

13. wonder how the author feels about GW not showing up

[politicaholic]

6. They're preaching to the choir with this one...

the only people who are going to believe this story are the Dittoheads.

If it is in any way true then I feel sorry for that soldier. He didn't live long enough to find out the truth...poor kid.

[DBoon]

8. Too bad that marine died in Iraq

instead of actually defending our freedom

[Moloch]

9. It's all made-up.

The poem was from the Vietnam era, where it was supposedly found in the pocket of a dead soldier.

It was probably made up then.

[DBoon]

10. Same point

too bad that make-believe soldier died in Vietnam instead of really fighting for our freedom


How many American soldiers will die to support colonial ventures?

[Moloch]

12. You're absolutely right.

I think it was written then by the same kind of pro-war asshole.

[Neil Lisst]

11. "Put silver wings, on my son's chest!"

Oh yeah, that was the song they were singing when I was young and impressionable and naive about the world, southeast asia, lying politician leaders, and meddling in the name of patriotism.

This is another bullshit story, made up by some winger who wants it to be true.