{"id":7491,"date":"2016-10-25T19:12:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T23:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7491"},"modified":"2016-10-29T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-29T20:34:32","slug":"bob-dylan-masters-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7491","title":{"rendered":"Bob Dylan: &#8220;Masters of War&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: left; width: 46%;\">\n<p>&#8230; EDUCATION\u00a0FOR PEACE &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>An article by James Albertini in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2016\/10\/mahalo-thank-you-bob-dylan-singerpoetsongwriter\/\">Transcend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. Among his many songs written over decades was \u201cMasters of War\u201d that included these lyrics:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dylan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dylan-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"dylan\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dylan-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/dylan.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBob Dylan at Massey Hall, Toronto, April 18, 1980. Photo by Jean-Luc Ourlin in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob_Dylan\"> wikipedia<\/a><br \/>\n(Click on photo to enlarge)<\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n \u201cCome you masters of war, You that build the big guns, You that build the death planes. You that build all the bombs. You that hide behind walls. You that hide behind desks. I just want you to know I can see through your masks\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Let me ask you one question. Is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think that it could? I think you will find When your death takes its toll<\/p>\n<p>All the money you made Will never buy back your soul\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Not even Jesus could forgive what you do!\u2026  And I\u2019ll stand on your grave till I\u2019m sure you\u2019re dead.\u201d<\/ul>\n<p>Masters of War Have Names!<\/p>\n<p>Top U.S. War Corporations include: Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp., Raytheon Co., Boeing Co., General Dynamics Corp., General Electric, Halliburton Co., Academi, G4S Risk Management, KBR,  etc. \u2013 the list of corporate and government \u201cMasters of War\u201d is long, very long! [Wikipedia]<\/p>\n<ul>\n\u201cHow many deaths will it take till we know that too many people have died? The answer my friend is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.\u201d[Dylan]<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Question related to this article:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 46%;\">\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=7510\">What place does music have in the peace movement?<\/a><\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; EDUCATION\u00a0FOR PEACE &#8230; An article by James Albertini in Transcend Bob Dylan was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. Among his many songs written over decades was \u201cMasters of War\u201d that included these lyrics: Bob Dylan at Massey Hall, Toronto, April 18, 1980. 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