# What a Wonderful World!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 20, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/162802 "2003-03-20T13:57:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/162802/1 "2003-03-20T13:57:51Z")

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I see fatigues of green, red explosions too  
I see them boom for me and you  
And I think to myself  
What a F\*\*\*ed up damn world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white  
The Stealth bombers, only fly at night  
And I think to myself  
What a F\*\*\*ed up damn world

The colours of the rainbow  
So pretty in the sky  
Are also in explosions  
Of bombs dropped from the sky  
I see friends shakin’ hands  
Sayin’ “How do you do?”  
They’re really saying “Attack at 9:42”

I hear babies cryin’, I watch them grow  
They’ll see more horror than I’ll ever know  
And I think to myself What a F_**ed up damn world  
Yes, I think to myself What a F**_ed up damn world

Oh yeah  
Couple of notes:

Yes, I’m aware that the fatigues aren’t green.

No, I’m not anti-war, indeed I fully support the war in Iraq. However, anytime there is a need to kill because people are incapable of acting humanely it is very sad. My thoughts go out to those in iraq who are caught between a rock and a hard place due to the politics of both America and Iraq. I hope the innocent are kept safe.

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**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-a-wonderful-world/162802/2 "2003-03-20T14:04:50Z")

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Well put. I can’t say I support the war. The US just seems too…happy isn’t the right word, maybe eager over having started this conflict and I wonder how we’d feel if we had to fight this thing on our own soil.