However, the brief clips of the song played in the CBS News story did not reveal all of the lyrics. After reviewing the lyrics in their entirety, I find that, on the whole, the song takes an anti-war sentiment. Phrases such as “the Crusaders,” “armies of the empire,” and “legionnaires of Rome” do not create a positive impression of the USA or its military. The line “a sea of oil in the sand” is nothing more than another big gulp out of the Liberal Left’s Kool-Aid tank.

As for the indictment of our news media: In the song, the line “I’m fading from your memory/ so I’m just as good as dead” begs the question of *why* our brave soldiers are fading from our national memory. Since the troop surge took full effect, there has been progressively less news about the war reported in the mainstream media. It may be argued that the Presidential campaign has been taking an increasing share of coverage, since it began earlier than usual (some states even moved their primary elections earlier.) However, the troop surge has been highly effective in that the rate of terrorist violence in Baghdad, Fallujah, and other cities has been cut to one-third or less of what it was prior to the surge. Normally, this is *great* news. However, for all of the John Murthas and leftist news editors out there, it is not news at all. Good news is not news; how sad! A year or two ago, the TV news reminded us nightly about how many more American soldiers were killed that day (this constant drumbeat of bad news tends to create anti-war feelings among the people;) but now that the rates of mayhem, violence, and death have dropped dramatically, there is nothing in Iraq worthy of a report. Apparently, all of the Democrat editors would rather have us just forget about our troops than say anything that would make Murtha and the Democrats seem foolish, or make President Bush look good.

Normally, I am one to give a person the benefit of my doubt; I would rather look at all of the evidence carefully before pronouncing judgement. “Christmas in Fallujah” has definite anti-war sentiments, but I am not certain if that is because Billy Joel is a hard-line left-winger, or simply because he has been influenced by the same leftist, “mainstream” media that has befuddled many of us.

Sincerely,
Kenneth Reighard

MusicmanM58

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