On the eve of the Chilcot Report, a song and picture thread

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On Wednesday, the massive Chilcot Report is finally going to be released.

To commemorate it, the lies that pushed us into the Iraq war and the many lifes lost, I though I would post a song and picture thread as a passionate reminder of the wrong done.

Please feel free to add any song that speaks to you about this.

Here to start, Jacob's Ladder (Not in My Name version)

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PICTURES - Mar 19 Anti War Demo

Edited to add picture

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1. Twenty - Robert Cray

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http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/robertcray/twenty.html

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Mother dry your eyes, there's no need to cry
I'm not a boy, it's what I signed up for

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
I can't take the heat, and I hardly sleep anymore
What'd we come here for

Standing out here in the desert
Trying to protect an oil line
I'd really like to do my job but
This ain't the country that I had in mind
They call this a war on terror
I see a lot of civilians dying
Mothers, sons, fathers and daughters
Not to mention some friends of mine
Some friends of mine

Was supposed to leave last week
Promises they don't keep anymore
Got to fight the rich man's war

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Late in 2004
Comes a knock at the door
It's no surprise
Mother dry your eyes

Mother don't you cry, no, no
Someone told you a lie
Yes they did, why
Mother don't you cry, oh no
Mother don't you cry

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier

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2. K&R... let's see if our media shows the slightest interest

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3. I remember how a photographer was fired for releasing pics of the coffins

Being flown home.

The Seattle Times dared to publish a picture of that, for which I applaud them.

But so much of the media was so complicit in the propaganda, I agree with your 'let's see' statement.

Thank you for the K&R.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4808371/ns/nbc_nightly_news_with_brian_williams/t/woman-fired-photo-flag-draped-coffins/#.V3wRtIy9KSM

By James Hattori
Correspondent
NBC News
updated 4/23/2004 4:35:12 PM ET
Print Font:
A photograph of caskets containing remains of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq has cost a Washington state woman her job at a military base. The Pentagon forbids that kind of photo — a policy again coming under scrutiny.
As casualties mount among U.S. troops in Iraq, a haunting image was published in Sunday’s edition of the Seattle Times — an image the Pentagon does not want the public to see.

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4. Masters of War

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12. Watching that brought back memories of the nightly news reports and seeing

Life magazine with the photo of My Lai.

And also Kent State.

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5. Down By The Riverside

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20. "Ain't gonna study war no more." Exactly.

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6. Universal Soldier

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7. Green Fields of France

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8. Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier

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9. Ain't marchin anymore

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17. Thank you! For you, Children of the Revolution -Eleftheria

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10. K&R

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16. Thanks Solly. Here's 99 Luftballons. Auf Deutsch, of course.

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11. I Didn't Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier

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13. It's Wednesday already

I'm guessing between 2.00am and 3.00amET - can't wait

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14. I'll be up. Here's Thom Yorke "Harrowdown Hill"

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[malaise]

15. Cool

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18. World Wide Suicide - Pearl Jam

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Suicide

"World Wide Suicide" was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder. The song features a raw sound closer to the band's earlier material. On the song's intensity, Vedder said, "The times...the times kind of demand a little bit of intensity."[1]

The lyrics for "World Wide Suicide" depict anger against the war in Iraq, and criticize the US government in a subtle manner. Vedder has said that "World Wide Suicide" was written largely about Pat Tillman.

Vedder on the song:

It's about him and a bunch of the guys who didn't get as much coverage—the guys who barely got a paragraph instead of ten pages...The thing about Tillman was, he got ten pages but they were all lies. His family is being blocked by our government from finding out what happened...Where are the leaders that are going to represent a galvanized view on what to do next?...Democracy might have a chance at working if people educate themselves on these issues and make their opinions known.

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19. "We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace."

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Bomb The World (Armageddon Version)


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21. Lalolalo (Don't You Worry My Child)

"Lullabies from the axis of evil"


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22. Not Ready to Make Nice - Dixie Chicks

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23. Link to the Guardian live blog of Chilcot Report

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jul/06/chilcot-report-live-inquiry-war-iraq

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24. "People in power, they'll do anything to keep their crown" Mercy Now - Mary Gauthier

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25. Black Gold - Dr. John

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