Jihad for Nothing

Here's a post I've been meaning to do for a while.

This post is dedicated to US and Allied troops in Iraq, who are fighting a frustrating war. Thank you for your efforts and your sacrifices.

Adapted, of course, from Money for Nothing by The Dire Straits.

In case you're not familiar with the song, the lyrics are about two guys who work for a living making fun of rock stars who have it easy.

Similarly, our troops have a tough job, protecting Iraqis and limiting collateral damage, while the jihadis routinely violate the laws of armed conflict and maximize collateral damage, and so have it relatively easy.

Jihad for Nothing


Now look at them insurgents thats the way you do it
You plant a bomb on the side of the highway
That aint fightin thats the way you do it
Jihad for nothin and kills for free
Nah that aint fightin thats the way you do it
Lemme tell ya them guys aint dumb
Maybe get a scrape on yer little finger
Maybe get a sliver in yer thumb

We gotta secure these long desert highways
Roadside bomb under my Humvee
We gotta protect these Iraqi civilians
We gotta fight these jihadis

See the little jihadi with the rifle and the detonator
Yeah buddy his explosives aint cheap
His jihad is financed by Saudi petrodollars
His boss is some rich-ass sheikh

We gotta secure these long desert highways
Roadside bomb under my Humvee
We gotta protect these Iraqi civilians
We gotta fight these jihadis

I shoulda been born a jihad banker
I shoulda been born a Saudi sheikh
Look at that villa shaded by them palm trees
Bet that guy has some fun
And hes up there, whats that? prayer time again?
Muezzin callin to those jihadis
That aint fightin thats the way you do it
Get yer jihad for nothin get yer kills for free

We gotta secure these long desert highways
Roadside bomb under my Humvee
We gotta protect these Iraqi civilians
We gotta fight these jihadis

Now that aint fightin thats the way you do it
You plant a bomb on the side of the highway
That aint fightin thats the way you do it
Get yer jihad for nothin and yer kills for free
Jihad for nothin and kills for free