Can't agree, M Ted. Those pseudo "Arabic" gobbledy-gook chorus words are really quite racist.

And the fact that he "laughed maniacally" at the sight of blood spurting from between the eyes of a female child suggests a certain amount of blood lust. And a total lack of regard for the life of a hapless child.

If that child had been a white, middle class student at his local elementary or middle school, he would probably have put himself between that child and the bullet to save her life.

And the term "Hadji Girl" is profoundly contemptuous of the religion of the people those Marines are supposed to be there to help. The Hadj is a very important milestone in the life of a Muslim, and to use it as a racist perjorative shows nothing but contempt for the people who practice that religion, the majority of whom, I would point out, did not fire any bullets at that Marine.

If the Marines and other service people have been treating the civilians of Iraq with the degree of contempt that is shown in that song (and they have been, ever since the early days of the invasion), it really is no wonder that US military personnel are getting killed in large numbers. Hell, even our own military people will frag their own officers if they're treated badly enough.

The song has about as much redeeming value as a White Supremacist rally song. And every bit as much evil.