From The Guardian:Aditya Chakrabortty on the platoons' playlists on the Iraq frontline.
CJ Grisham and his friends used to love Eminem – especially his song, Go To Sleep. "We'd blare that and we'd all scream the lyrics." An all-American ritual – except that Grisham was a sergeant in the US offensive on Fallujah, and Eminem was his anthem for facing the Iraqis. As he puts it: "I'm going to have to shoot at someone today, so might as well get pumped up for it." And so his platoon would shriek along: "Go to sleep, bitch/Die, motherfucker, die/Time's up, bitch, close your eyes."
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My Comment: I guess my polka music will not cut it.
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