Posted on 08/09/2014 7:24:57 PM PDT by Dallas59
In the 90s Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys did some spoken word albums where he made speeches about politics, the band’s obscenity trial, etc. A piece called “Die for Oil, sucker” had a bit of a poem: “Die for oil, sucker. Sucker. It’ll kill the poor (DK’s song refercence) even faster than crack; send em off to war and make sure they don’t come back”-—and he asked, “Cheap oil? The price has already gone up. What kind of a BUSH league plan is this...”
A graphic for Die for Oil, Sucker showed a gravestone with gas nozzles attached to make it look like a gas pump
We weren’t fighting against Iraq once Saddam was toppled either.
There were two wars waged back to back, one “against Iraq” and one “along side Iraq”.
Leftards are against “Western Imperialism”. They are A-OK with Communist Imperialism and Islamic Imperialism.
Then again, Communist Party USA protested AGAINST the United States going to war against their beloved Adolph Hitler (until he betrayed Uncle Joe Stalin).
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