An Exclusive Interview with the Universal Soldier *
Reporter: Hi, history fans, today, it’s a great honor
and pleasure to have an exclusive interview with U.S.,
the Universal Soldier. U.S., how tall are you?
U.S.: I’m five-foot-two and I’m six-feet-four
Reporter: What weapons do you use to fight?
U.S.: I fight with missiles and with spears.
Reporter: How old are you?
U.S.: I’m all of thirty-one and I’m only seventeen
Reporter: How long have you’ve been a soldier?
U.S.: I’ve been a soldier for five thousand years
Reporter: What is your religion?
U.S.: I’m a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain
A Buddhist, and a Baptist and a Jew
Reporter: You know, all religions say
you shouldn’t kill
U.S.: And I know I shouldn't kill
But I know I always will kill
You for me my friend and me for you
Reporter: Who are you fighting for?
U.S.: I’m fighting for Ukraine
And I’m fighting for Russia
I’m fighting for Israel
And I’m fighting for Hamas
And I think we'll put an end to war this way
Reporter: What are you fighting for?
U.S.: I’m fighting for democracy
And I’m fighting for Big Oil
I’m fighting to defend my land
And I’m fighting to occupy your land
Reporter: With all due respect, U.S., lately
you’ve been killing a lot more mothers
and children than soldiers
U.S.: Despite unfortunate collateral damage,
I think it’s for the peace of all
Reporter: You’re the one who must decide
who's to live and who's to die
U.S.: And I never see the writing on the wall
Reporter: But without you, how would Hitler
have condemned Jews at Dachau?
Without you, Caesar would've stood alone
U.S.: I’m the one who gives my body
as the weapon of the war
Reporter: And without you, all this killing
can't go on
U.S.: I’m the universal soldier
and I really am to blame
My orders come from far away no more
Reporter: They come from him and you and me
And brothers and sisters, can't you see,
This is not the way we put an end to war?
* With apologies and much love to Buffy Sainte-Marie
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