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Support the Troops (Except …) lyrics by The Tommy Lasorda Experience

I get told a lot to support the troops
I’d like to put my full and complete support behind this
I fully support our troops in the U.S. military

Except when they are ordered to invade a sovereign nation
Such as Iraq, which has never threatened the United States
Or Haiti. Or Grenada. Or Panama. Or Lebanon
Or Nicaragua. Or the Dominican Republic

Except when over one million Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotian men
Women and children are brutally murdered
Because we were afraid a small Asian country would go Communist

Except when United States troops invaded the Philippines
And occupied the country for 30 years
In order to „civilize” the country
Killing hundreds of thousands

Except when United States soldiers
Fired on Mexican citizens in Veracruz in 1914
For refusing to honor our flag

Except when American airmen dropped two atomic bombs in Japan
Killing and irradiating millions
Despite the fact that war crimes tribunal testimony
Indicated that the Japanese were about to surrender
And the Americans, French, British and Soviets all knew it

Except for the thousands of tons of napalm we’ve dropped since 1945 (yes, 1945), which may be one of the most horrific, inhuman actions in the history of mankind

Except when the military violates international law
In attempting to assassinate foreign leaders
Like Fidel Castro in Cuba or Patrice Lumumba in the Congo
A clear violation of both U.S. law and international laws

Except when the U.S. military props up brutal dictatorships
Or overthrows democratically elected governments
As with Sukarno in Indonesia, Lumumba in the Congo, Pinochet in Chile
Duvalier in Haiti, Duarte in El Salvador, and two dozen other examples

Except when American soldiers stationed
At the base at Okinawa rape Japanese women

Oh yeah, except when American soldiers
Take pictures of captured Muslim prisoners
Naked and wearing dog collars

Other than that, I support our troops