Anti-war song prominent in movie "Battleship"

[philly_bob]

The current-run movie "Battleship" extols the traditional military virtues: bravery, comradeship formed in action, innovative strategic thinking, ethnic differences that disappear in battle, square-jawed heroism. I enjoyed the movie and it's feel-good ending, with the alien invaders repelled: the reformed bad-guy, now a good-guy, gets the girl, everybody gets medals, lots of jokes and then the screen blanks to credits and -- WTF? -- Credence Clearwater's 1969 "Fortunate Son."

"Some folks are born to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,"

It felt right, especially given Obama's popularity on military bases. Perhaps the juxtapositon recognizes two things: that the military virtues of discipline and heroism are good things and (2) that some rich people have misused the American military for economic gain.