I have here, a short little peice from Revolver magazine by Henry Rollins. Some of you know who Henry Rollins is, most of you probably don't. He is most famous for his (metal) music in both of his bands, Black Flag (started in 1981) and Rollins Band (started in 1988), which combined to produce 20 different albums. He has been in numerous movies (11 of them), T.V. shows, and books. Revolver is a magazine dedicated to Rock-Metal music. In this edition the readers were given a number of polls ranging from your favorite food, to your favorite band. One of the polls asked, "who should be president", and Henry Rollins was number one. In light of these results, revolver conducted a short list of topics where Henry Rollins would give his opinion, and the following was his response to the war on terror:
THE WAR ON TERROR: I visited some U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, which was eye-opening. Some guy at one of the bases says to me, 'would it blow your mind if we told you that we know where Osama is, and we're going to get him right before the election?'. I asked one high-ranking officer, 'why are we here, really?' And he goes, 'No matter what you see and hear on the news this is about oil'. And who bears the brunt of this? Five-hundred-plus U.S. war dead, and over 3,000 with severe injuries. Our quest to beat down the Taliban and liberate Iraq is costing American lives, and we are getting chewed up by land mines and suicide bombings. There's going to be a lot of dead American steaming meat coming home for a long time, and it's going to drain this country a lot of money.
I know this isn't news to many of you, but it is the source that is what I am focusing on. The media--from both sides--is too often unreliable and a primary source of controling public opinion (brainwashing). So I read this, a somewhat small-time rock magazine, and an outspoken metal head, and thought to myself, where could you find a better source for the truth?
THE WAR ON TERROR: I visited some U.S. military bases in Afghanistan, which was eye-opening. Some guy at one of the bases says to me, 'would it blow your mind if we told you that we know where Osama is, and we're going to get him right before the election?'. I asked one high-ranking officer, 'why are we here, really?' And he goes, 'No matter what you see and hear on the news this is about oil'. And who bears the brunt of this? Five-hundred-plus U.S. war dead, and over 3,000 with severe injuries. Our quest to beat down the Taliban and liberate Iraq is costing American lives, and we are getting chewed up by land mines and suicide bombings. There's going to be a lot of dead American steaming meat coming home for a long time, and it's going to drain this country a lot of money.
I know this isn't news to many of you, but it is the source that is what I am focusing on. The media--from both sides--is too often unreliable and a primary source of controling public opinion (brainwashing). So I read this, a somewhat small-time rock magazine, and an outspoken metal head, and thought to myself, where could you find a better source for the truth?
