Why not Peacekeeper

[Dulcimer]

Originally posted by CarneVaca
Within the context of a missile, check out these phrases:

"Wait for the dark of night." Since the Gulf War we've mostly seen bombings at night.

"Soon all the suns will rise." When you see the missiles zipping through the TV screens, those balls of light could be seen as stars (or suns) flashing crazily through the sky.

And of course other folks have pointed out some of the other images in the lyrics.

This interpretation also puts the song squarely within the context of the political meaning a lot of us have attached to it.

That's an interesting interpretation, Carne. I was a little dubious when I started reading this thread, but then I went and reread the lyrics and I see the connection between Lindsey's message in the song and the name of the weapon. It's like Lindsey is pointing to the absurdity, or call it irony maybe, of naming a weapon "peacekeeper," an idea as somebody said that goes back to the old west days.