You think this is pro-troop, pro-wot, pro-Bush?
Maybe I watched a different video...
It looked anti war to me, but I didn’t understand 3/4 of what he said.
Voicing his respect for President Bush and our troops, yeah, but not for the continuation of our efforts in Iraq.
Tastefully done, and it seems to be respectfully addressing the President but it’s definitely anti-war, and I suspect the respectful tone is more about getting his message accepted than about actually feeling respectful. He’s basically saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, you did a great job out there in the desert, now bring them home. It’s up to the audience to determine whether he really thinks the job was great or not.
"See, instead of one of us sexless Democrats, we'll have this really macho rapper will salute the flag and describe the war as a 'job well done,' instead of a 'failure.' Then he makes our usual appeasement pitch, on the grounds that it's not worth more sacrifice. That way, once the troops leave, the bloodbath in Iraq and the Middle East will be well underway during the campaign of '08, and we can blame the Republicans."
But last month, we had the Brookings report on Petraeus and his "surge." And Gordon Brown's support of Pres. Bush's WOT. And Sarko's American vacation. A waste of styrene plastic, all those CDs.
So sorry about your unfortunate timing, traitors.
MC Hammer...Keepin’ it real! OMG.
I see different takes on this video. Yes, I understood everything he said. I also think it was tastefully done. I also see him saying that we can’t keep our troops over there forever. I realize we can’t set a date to “Bring em home”, but it has to be considered. I don’t like Rap, but I do like this. Everyone, if they want to, can speak from the heart and I thing this guy is doing that. He doesn’t say when to bring them home but there must be a plan to get our young people out of there. It’s worth thinking about.
Didn’t this guy die after his stint on Surreal Life?
Wow... there was a time people just faded away....
Very well done; however, a very mixed message. How about “Let’s get it Done?”
If peace could be had unilaterally, we would always be at peace. The problem is that it only takes one party to make war. It takes all parties to have peace.
We will far fewer Jihadist attacks on our soil if we see this through. If we come home prematurely, far more Americans will die. Battles and wars are painful and costly investments for peace. Let's keep it that way.
An amazing thing about our military surge (about one month old) is that while we have stepped up the military pace, OUR casualties have gone down. Al Qaeda in Iraq is on the run. Let's keep it that way.
I recall MC Hammer did an (unintentionally) amusing video right after 9-11. It featured congressional stall awkwardly dancing/rapping on the Capitol steps... In their suits and ties...