Iraq war's divides, Part III or IV or something

America is increasingly divided over Iraq, which is presumably driving a great majority of Americans to dislike President George W. Bush's job performance. Yet we're still missing a lot of the war protest songs that marked Vietnam. True, early on were the Dixie Chicks, but they were blasted after attacking Bush directly. Then we recycled some protesters, with Neil Young.

Today, I stumbled upon Country Joe's Web site. Remember Country Joe and the Fish? 'Twas a pretty good band, it was.

Well, Country Joe, it turns out, still writes a mean little protest song or two, like Support The Troops:

Some day soon, don’t know when
We’ll see the wounded women and men
Lining the walls of American streets
Hands out begging for something to eat.

Support the troops
Support the troops

Forgotten heroes from a forgotten war
Wondering "What were we fighting for?"
World War III around the bend
That’s what we get with the George Bush Plan.

Support the troops
Support the troops

Chorus:
Chicken hawk, draft dodging, son Of A Bush
Look at all the damage you did!
American war in the Holy Land
Blood for oil, not in my name!

There are also Iraq variations on the "Fixin' to Die Rag," apparently submitted by fans:

The USA's the worldwide cop,
And evildoers must be stopped.
Saddam's got nukes and poison gas.
Let's go kick him in the ass.
Conquer the land, sell off the oil.
To the victor goes the spoil.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we searching for?
George said it, it must be true.
I believe in W.
And it's five, six, seven,
Tell me who I should hate.
There's no need to wonder why,
'Cause Presidents never lie.

Interesting times we live in, eh?