{"id":8712,"date":"2014-07-18T21:57:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T01:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/?p=8712"},"modified":"2022-08-01T07:43:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:43:07","slug":"war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/2014\/07\/war\/","title":{"rendered":"War"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edwin Starr<\/a> died on April 2, 2003, at age 61 and almost 3 months.\u00a0 By comparison, I am age 61 and just past 4 months.\u00a0 I may have outlived Mr. Starr but have not out-lifed him.<\/p>\n

Edwin Starr was famous for singing this song<\/a> by\u00a0Norman Whitfield<\/a> and Barrett Strong:<\/a><\/p>\n

War, what is it good for, absolutely nothing<\/span>
\n War, what is it good for, absolutely nothing<\/span>
\n Say it again, y’all<\/span><\/p>\n

War, good God, what is it good for, absolutely nothing<\/span>
\n Listen to me<\/span><\/p>\n

Ohhh, war, I despise<\/span>
\n Because it means destruction<\/span>
\n Of innocent lives <\/span>
\n War means tears<\/span>
\n To thousands of mothers eyes<\/span>
\n When their sons go to fight<\/span>
\n And lose their lives<\/span><\/p>\n

War, it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker<\/span>
\n War, friend only to the undertaker<\/span>
\n War, it’s an enemy to all mankind<\/span>
\n The point of war blows my mind<\/span>
\n War has caused unrest<\/span>
\n Within the younger generation<\/span>
\n Induction then destruction<\/span>
\n Who wants to die<\/span><\/p>\n

War, it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker <\/span>
\n War, it’s got one friend, that’s the undertaker<\/span>
\n War, has shattered many a young man’s dreams<\/span>
\n Made him disabled, bitter and mean<\/span>
\n Life is much too short and precious<\/span>
\n To spend fighting wars these days<\/span>
\n War can’t give life — it can only take it away<\/span><\/p>\n

War, it ain’t nothing but a heartbreaker<\/span>
\n War, friend only to the undertaker<\/span>
\n Peace, love and understanding<\/span>
\n Tell me, is there no place for them today<\/span>
\n They say we must fight to keep our freedom<\/span>
\n But Lord knows there’s got to be a better way<\/span><\/p>\n

War, Good God y’all<\/span>
\n What is it good for<\/span>
\n Stand up and shout it<\/span>
\n Nothing<\/span><\/p>\n

War.\u00a0 These days, good god.\u00a0 Good as an excuse to shoot down civilian airliners.\u00a0 Good as an excuse to launch missiles into city neighborhoods.\u00a0 Good as an excuse for beheading those who don’t agree with you.\u00a0 Good as an excuse for people to behave as un-godlike as humanity can imagine.\u00a0 War.\u00a0 What is it good<\/em> for?\u00a0 Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

_________________________<\/p>\n

Doctors without Borders<\/a> serve in war zones.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edwin Starr died on April 2, 2003, at age 61 and almost 3 months.\u00a0 By comparison, I am age 61 and just past 4 months.\u00a0 I may have outlived Mr. Starr but have not out-lifed him. Edwin Starr was famous … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8712"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8873,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8712\/revisions\/8873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chcollins.com\/100Billion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}