I couldn't help but think of "Sam Stone" by John Prine. I guess it it
was the footage from Iraq of that video of people being
shot up by a helicopter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9ZkYViEIs&feature=relatedSam Stone came home,
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas.
And the time that he served,
Had shattered all his nerves,
And left a little shrapnel in his knee.
But the morphine eased the pain,
And the grass grew round his brain,
And gave him all the confidence he lacked,
With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back.
Chorus:
There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes,
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose.
Little pitchers have big ears,
Don't stop to count the years,
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios.