Nothing brings out the holiday spirit like an anti-war Christmas carol from Billy Joel:
"Christmas In Fallujah"
It's Evening In the Desert
I'm Tired and I'm cold
But I'm just a solder
I do what I am told
We Came with the Crusaders
to save the holy land
It's Christmas In Fallujah
and no one gives a damn
And I just got your letter
And this is what I read you said
I'm fading from your memory
so I'm just as good as dead
We are the armies of the empire
We are the legionnaires of Rome
It's Christmas In Fallujah
and we ain't never coming home
We came to bring these people freedom
we came to fight the infidel
there is no justice in the desert
Because there is no god in hell
They say osama's in the mountains
deep in a cave near Pakistan
But there's a sea of blood in Baghdad
A sea of oil in the sand
Between the Tigris and Euphrates
another day comes to an end
it's Christmas In Fallujah
Peace on earth goodwill to men
it's Christmas In Fallujah
hallelujah hallelujah
(hoorah)
The proceeds go to Homes for Our Troops which builds homes for returning, disabled soldiers. So, at least that's a good thing. But, why (oh why) couldn't Joel write a Holiday song that gave TRIBUTE to our soldiers? That would have been a tad more in the spirit.
This is more like it:
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