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I am a child of war
I am a child of destruction
I have been taught to kill

There ain't no other thrill
To make you feel alive
as the razors edge of kill or be killed.

There ain't nothin like terror to set you straight.
To know what is important and whats not
Whether there is a God or not.

And When Johnny comes marching home...

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Just so you had the ending...

We bury em in the ground for getting in our way.
There is retribution for opposing our will
We want it our way
We want it all

There is no room for discussion
There is no getting along
You don't let your enemy stand
He ain't your friend
and he never will
Put him down while you can
Never miss an opportunity
To send em to he11

The Octavian maxim


You live in fear of your mistakes
For which you always will
But you hope your enemy is inattentive, stupid
or too drunk with power to know.

Was at Ohio U that day. We were supposed to have done an academic visit to Kent as part of our architecture curriculum. Needless to say, given the protests against the Cambodian offensive we didn’t make the trip. Students were shot in front of the architecture building.

Later OU was the last school open in Ohio. That made for special memories.

National Guard were just untrained kids with guns.

Al Stewart Roads to Moscow.
Steve Earle "Ben McCulloch"

The Ballad of Ira Hayes.

Johnny Cash.

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John Prine's version slays me.

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Nekkid RayGun, "Surf Combat Rock"
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Which may send you looking for "The Last Post":

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