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Edwin Starr Asked The Poignant Question; “War, What Is It Good For?”

  Edwin Starr, at the peak of the Viet Nam war in August of 1970, sang a popular song that went to #1 called War.  A lyric in the song was; “What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” That’s not entirely true.  It’s good for the bankers who finance both sides of every war, so they get the […]