{"id":5691,"date":"2012-01-17T22:45:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T03:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=5691"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:14:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T23:14:32","slug":"the-theme-song-from-the-south-carolina-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2012\/01\/the-theme-song-from-the-south-carolina-debate.html","title":{"rendered":"The Theme Song From The South Carolina Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/01\/Chickenkhawks-and-a-Dove_The-South-Carolina-Debate.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/85\/2012\/01\/Chickenkhawks-and-a-Dove_The-South-Carolina-Debate.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Chickenkhawks and a Dove_The South Carolina Debate\" width=\"750\" height=\"499\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5702\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You know, the one they didn\u2019t play, and the one they hoped you had forgotten, or hopefully, had never heard. The one that 4 out of 5 of these candidates, and the Incumbent, don\u2019t want me to play. The one for <em>the Road to Tehran<\/em>. Sing it along with me, won\u2019t you? I\u2019ll even include the lyrics below the video.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistory was the cruel judge of overconfidence.\u201d It sure was, and is. \u201cBut somehow, wisdom was hard to find.\u201d No, actually he\u2019s right there at the end of the line, though the rest are wishing he would stop being so wise. Roll tape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Young<\/strong>, <em>Shock and Awe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MOUUnE7awd4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Back in the days of shock and awe<br>\nWe came to liberate them all<br>\nHistory was the cruel judge of overconfidence<br>\nBack in the days of shock and awe <\/p>\n<p>Back in the days of \u201cmission accomplished\u201d<br>\nOur chief was landing on the deck<br>\nThe sun was setting on a golden photo op<br>\nBack in the days of \u201cmission accomplished\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of bodies in the ground<br>\nBrought home in boxes to a trumpet\u2019s sound<br>\nNo one sees them coming home that way<br>\nThousands buried in the ground <\/p>\n<p>Thousands of children scarred for life<br>\nMillions of tears for a soldier\u2019s wife<br>\nBoth sides are losing now<br>\nHeaven takes them in<br>\nThousands of children scarred for life <\/p>\n<p>We had a chance to change our mind<br>\nBut somehow wisdom was hard to find<br>\nWe went with what we knew and now we can\u2019t go back<br>\nBut we had a chance to change our mind<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A famous Marine hero of mine, Major General Smedley Butler, who was awarded the Medal of Honor twice, spells it all out for us in his classic tract  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com\/racket1.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">War is a Racket.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><em>Semper Fidelis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, the one they didn\u2019t play, and the one they hoped you had forgotten, or hopefully, had never heard. The one that 4 out of 5 of these candidates, and the Incumbent, don\u2019t want me to play. The one for the Road to Tehran. Sing it along with me, won\u2019t you? I\u2019ll even include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Theme Song From The South Carolina Debate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You know, the one they didn&#039;t play, and the one they hoped you had forgotten, or hopefully, had never heard. 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