Originally Posted by: WilldridgeYou raise some interesting points, ("the President is commander-in-chief of the military. Were he to fight in the war we'd probably, I'm sorry, definitely, end up with a nation in turmoil.") - but I don't think these lyric's apply solely to the recent Iraqi war - there have been many wars across the globe this particular song could be applied to, and "President" could be replaced with "Prime Minister", "Consul" or even "Mein Furer"; the point is much the same.

But does not the point Jolly makes apply to all of those situations equally well? Did not Saladin advize King Richard that if he continued to insist on leading from the front (in fact, knee deep in the battle) that it would one day cost him his life?