When will the war in Iraq end? The answer is blowin' in the wind.

In one of my last articles I referred to Bob Dylan's song "Blowin' In The Wind".

Not only, is Bob Dylan one of my favorite singers and songwriters, I think that the political atmosphere in the USA after the Presidential Elections needs more of the old 60s songs, which truly represent change and revolution.

It is said that Dylan wrote the song within only ten minutes on one afternoon in the year 1963. He put words to the melody of an old slave song called "No More Auction Block," which he might have learned from Carter family records. In the evening of the same day, Bob Dylan played the song at a club in Greenwich Village.

The folk anthem of a whole generation was created in 1963 and it is still the "Revolution Song".

In the last weeks, I heard Bob Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind" many times on the radio and it is always a pleasure to hear it.

Through the election campaigns Dylan spoke out his thoughts and expressed his support for the former Democratic candidate and now President-elect Barack Obama.

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?

Yes, n how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?

Yes, n how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?

Yes, n how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?

Yes, n how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before its washed to the sea?

Yes, n how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?

Yes, n how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn’t see?

The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,

The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

It is not only the situation of a new President, it not the financial crisis, which shakes the country and fears the people.
It is the war in Iraq, which is still going on.

The song, nowadays, asks: "When will this senseless war end?" The song reminds people, that there is still a war to end and to stop. There are still soldiers, who need to come home again.

Hopefully, the change promised by the President-elect Barack Obama and the change, what is forced by the lyrics of the song will come soon.

Hopefully, the people see the urge of ending the war in Iraq and do not forget, that there is the challenge beyond the American boarders.

Bob Dylan - Blowin' In the Wind