Masters Of War Analysis
In 2004, the United State was still under George W. Bush’s Administration at the time who was starkly conservative having pushed for neoliberalism by policies which enacted supply-side economics. These policies would coincide with the War on Terror which had been declared after the September 11 attacks on 2001 which started with the war in Afghanistan. A year before the release of this song the United States had entered war with Iraq and by now it was much clearer what Bush’s policies were having affect on the economy. The song engages the audience in learning the betrayal of these “Masters of War” in the act of committing crimes, lying, and manipulating the people they once served which was greatly factored by how patriotism following 9/11
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So though corporate ties can be made, this is not to understate the crimes committed by in Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s regime. These “Masters” who have “never done nothing But build and destroy...You put a gun in my head And then you hide from my eyes” considers how remnants of imperialistic ideology have now aligned with corporate interest, where the taking of collective identity was cemented from exotic and subservient to oil supplier and terrorist. Yet, it was they who provided them with the funds, weapons, and training originally as with Operation Cyclone which was during the Cold War era. They are compared to Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus for money; they lobby the congressmen to further a war that cannot be won leaving others to fight this war and lead to casualties which pile on for each side while they “hide behind walls..desks...in your mansion” (Pearl Jam). An understanding to be made is that such ideas are not natural that people regardless of where they come are diverse but are tied down by what “they are” rather than who as with the statement - the “Orient was Orientalized”. This leads to a world that the lyrics represent as one would “fear to bring children Into this world” (Pearl Jam). Actions are contradictory to the aims of maintaining and enforcing peace under the term of
So though corporate ties can be made, this is not to understate the crimes committed by in Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s regime. These “Masters” who have “never done nothing But build and destroy...You put a gun in my head And then you hide from my eyes” considers how remnants of imperialistic ideology have now aligned with corporate interest, where the taking of collective identity was cemented from exotic and subservient to oil supplier and terrorist. Yet, it was they who provided them with the funds, weapons, and training originally as with Operation Cyclone which was during the Cold War era. They are compared to Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus for money; they lobby the congressmen to further a war that cannot be won leaving others to fight this war and lead to casualties which pile on for each side while they “hide behind walls..desks...in your mansion” (Pearl Jam). An understanding to be made is that such ideas are not natural that people regardless of where they come are diverse but are tied down by what “they are” rather than who as with the statement - the “Orient was Orientalized”. This leads to a world that the lyrics represent as one would “fear to bring children Into this world” (Pearl Jam). Actions are contradictory to the aims of maintaining and enforcing peace under the term of