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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mac266, post: 1057824, member: 26371&quot;]Krispy, I won&#039;t bother verifying the facts you put forward, because they have absolutely nothing to do with the fact he was anti-American.&nbsp; They have everything to do with his pursuit of citizenship, but not with being anti-American.&nbsp; I think you&#039;re assuming that any citizen is automatically pro-American, which is simply not the case, otherwise you wouldn&#039;t have brought that up as a counter to my argument.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Lennon was anti-American, going much beyond being anti-war.&nbsp; He was anti-soldier, falling in with the popular sentiment of the time which blamed Vietnam on the individual soldier.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Incidentally, do you know how many times the Army has declared war or started a war?&nbsp; Zero.&nbsp; It&#039;s not in our power to do so.&nbsp; In fact, there are probably more anti-war people in the Army than out of it, because we have no delusions of war being romantic or &quot;glorious.&quot;&nbsp; Most of us today have seen war&#039;s real side, and we&#039;ll be the last to want one.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But Lennon and his beatnik, pot-smoking disciples blamed the soldier, rather than elected officials who made the decisions.&nbsp; We are merely an instrument, devoting our lives to the most difficult lifestyle possible to protect our freedoms.&nbsp; If / when we are misused, it is the fault of the politicians whom the electorate give the power to use or misuse us.</p><p><br /></p><p>That was beyond Lennon&#039;s understanding in those days.&nbsp; People credit him with being some type of enlightened philosopher, but in reality he was just a good musician / songwriter whose only &quot;enlightenment&quot; came from the ganja he was smoking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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