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johnp3907

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3. Back in the days of shock and awe.

Mon Mar 19, 2018, 09:31 PM

Mar 2018

Back in the days of shock and awe
We came to liberate them all
History was the cruel judge of overconfidence
Back in the days of shock and awe

Back in the days of "mission accomplished"
Our chief was landing on the deck
The sun was setting on a golden photo op
Back in the days of "mission accomplished"

Thousands of bodies in the ground
Brought home in boxes to a trumpet's sound
No one sees them coming home that way
Thousands buried in the ground

Thousands of children scarred for life
Millions of tears for a soldier's wife
Both sides are losing now
Heaven takes them in
Thousands of children scarred for life

We had a chance to change our mind
But somehow wisdom was hard to find
We went with what we knew and now we can't go back
But we had a chance to change our mind.

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15 Years Ago Today: Shock and Awe; The Beginning of the Iraq War [View all] Dennis Donovan Mar 2018 OP

Wasted $7 Trillion starting Iraq war quartz007 Mar 2018 #1

Tens of thousands of lives lost for what? HopeAgain Mar 2018 #4

people still die EVERY DAY because of that disaster Skittles Mar 2018 #2

Back in the days of shock and awe. johnp3907 Mar 2018 #3

I'll never forget Mike Malloy's Shock & Awe broadcast. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2018 #5

Can't kick or recommend enough. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2018 #6

I still think about CNN's "Shock and Awe" graphics. democrank Mar 2018 #7

And the war criminals remain free ... GeorgeGist Mar 2018 #8

K&R. I remember that very well. I was right here on DU. Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #9