# Which Smiths song is the US to Israel right now? And why?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 28, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087 "2021-05-28T13:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![justwanttopost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@justwanttopost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwanttopost)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087/1 "2021-05-28T13:14:45Z")

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Girlfriend in Coma?

Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before?

ETA: What difference does it make?

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**Author:** ![justwanttopost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@justwanttopost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwanttopost)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087/2 "2021-05-28T13:19:17Z")

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Hand in Glove: the sun shines out of out behinds. We can go wherever we please.

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**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087/3 "2021-05-28T13:22:49Z")

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Not sure about the Israel part, but:

_Still Ill_  
_Barbarism Begins at Home_  
_I Don’t Owe You Anything_  
_Nowhere Fast_

More cynical ones:  
_You Just haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby_  
_Money Changes Everything_  
_Miserable Lie_

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087/4 "2021-05-28T13:45:33Z")

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_There is a Light and it Never Goes Out_, simply because of our alliance that I don’t see ever being severed

Actually, given The Smiths cynical lyrics, you could make just about any of their song titles fit.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087/5 "2021-05-28T16:19:25Z")

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This seems like it’s really a political topic, dressed up as cafe society. I’m going to close the topic. If you want to start a new one in political, that’s probably okay.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-smiths-song-is-the-us-to-israel-right-now-and-why/943087/6 "2021-05-28T16:19:40Z")

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Closed on May 28, 2021, 4:19pm UTC