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    The poem discusses how people often believe that God is on their side to justify wars and violence, even when terrible atrocities are committed. It references how Germans were forgiven after World War II for murdering six million Jews, and how Americans are taught to hate and fear Russians. The poem questions whether having God on one's side can justify starting wars and using weapons of mass destruction against others.

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    With God On Our Side by Bob Dylan

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    The poem discusses how people often believe that God is on their side to justify wars and violence, even when terrible atrocities are committed. It references how Germans were forgiven after World War II for murdering six million Jews, and how Americans are taught to hate and fear Russians. The poem questions whether having God on one's side can justify starting wars and using weapons of mass destruction against others.

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    We forgave the Germans

    “With God On Our Side” (1965)


    And we were friends
    by Bob Dylan Though they murdered six million
    In the ovens they fried
    Oh my name it is nothin' The Germans now too
    My age it means less Have God on their side.
    The country I come from
    Is called the Midwest I've learned to hate Russians
    I's taught and brought up there All through my whole life
    The laws to abide If another war starts
    And that land that I live in It's them we must fight
    Has God on its side. To hate them and fear them
    To run and to hide
    Oh the history books tell it And accept it all bravely
    They tell it so well With God on my side.
    The cavalries charged
    The Indians fell But now we got weapons
    The cavalries charged Of the chemical dust
    The Indians died If fire them we're forced to
    Oh the country was young Then fire them we must
    With God on its side. One push of the button
    And a shot the world wide
    Oh the Spanish-American And you never ask questions
    War had its day When God's on your side.
    And the Civil War too
    Was soon laid away In a many dark hour
    And the names of the heroes I've been thinkin' about this
    I's made to memorize That Jesus Christ
    With guns in their hands Was betrayed by a kiss
    And God on their side. But I can't think for you
    You'll have to decide
    Oh the First World War, boys Whether Judas Iscariot
    It closed out its fate Had God on his side.
    The reason for fighting
    I never got straight So now as I'm leavin'
    But I learned to accept it I'm weary as Hell
    Accept it with pride The confusion I'm feelin'
    For you don't count the dead Ain't no tongue can tell
    When God's on your side. The words fill my head
    And fall to the floor
    When the Second World War If God's on our side
    Came to an end He'll stop the next war.

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