WhistleStop: Sorry for the confusion . . . And if "Ohio" demonises the oposition then that seems perfectly fair to me . . The oposition being the Government of the time, nationally and in the State of Ohio. But more importantly, thanks to Bartholomew for explaining better that I've managed why I think "Ohio" is both a fine and an important song - for all that it's not fine art! Which is also why I prefer to appraise it in the context of the 4-way street album. (I can't remeber whether this was just before or just after the summer we spent in the States . .)

However, Bart . . I have a pet conspiracy theory on the ending of the war, which runs along the lines that when the Military realised the war couldn't be won by anything less than nuclear strikes they and the press/media chose to change the slanting of the reporting of the war (and of the opposition to it in the USA) - alowing them to get out with the excuse of having lost the support of the people.

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