Sheryl Eats Crow
- February 25, 2003
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Andrea Harris points to an article about Sheryl Crow’s very different attitude towards war that is supported by Clinton versus war that is supported by Bush.
Singer-turned-anti-war-activist Sheryl Crow deplores President Bush’s plans to liberate the people of Iraq, but she was singing a different tune when President Clinton dispatched U.S. forces to Bosnia in the 1990s.
In fact, not only did Crow not protest when Clinton sent U.S. forces to the Balkans, she traveled to the region with then-first lady Hillary Clinton to show her support and joined a USO tour to entertain the troops.
“Once over there I felt extremely patriotic,” Crow told USA Today in April 1996. “Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace.”
The singer then gushed, “I don’t ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.”
Crow was so supportive of the Clinton administration’s decision to use military force in the Balkans that the Toronto Sun referred to her as “Hillary Clinton[’s] sidekick in Bosnia.”
The war-protesting songstress even penned a tune about what she saw. Dubbed “Redemption Day,” the composition was “an anthem condemning America’s apathy toward Bosnia,” according to the Albany Times-Union.
Interesting to see the change of heart. I wonder what brought that along?