Posted on 01/18/2009 8:36:01 PM PST by ETL
I know it is. Yet it's played at how many patriotic events across the country. I've heard bands perform it at 4th of July ceremonies, ignorantly thinking it WAS a pro-American song. It's actually mocking U.S. patriotism with lines like "gonna kill the yellow man" (in Vietnam, etc), as if that was the reason we were there (racism, etc). It makes zero mention of the millions of 'yellow' men, women and children who were slaughtered by the 'yellow' communists under decades of brutal repression (before and AND after the war was over).
Yet Shakira wearing a Muslim hijab in Egypt was not a matter of "show biz phenomenon."
Shakira donning the traditional Muslim head scarf was also not a matter of Egyptian law. In fact according to this article A look at the wearing of veils, and disputes on the issue, across the Muslim world only 70-80% of all Muslim women in Eygypt women wear a hijab.
However, Shakira donning the Muslim hijab very well might have encouraged Hussein Obama and his handlers in their decision to include Shakira as part of Hussein Obama's "We Are One"inaugurationindoctrination ceremonies.
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