{"id":1184759,"date":"2022-01-03T20:05:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T01:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184759"},"modified":"2022-01-03T20:05:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T01:05:16","slug":"singer-songwriter-john-ondrasik-holds-biden-administration-accountable-for-afghanistan-disaster-in-new-blood-on-my-hands-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/singer-songwriter-john-ondrasik-holds-biden-administration-accountable-for-afghanistan-disaster-in-new-blood-on-my-hands-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer-Songwriter John Ondrasik Holds Biden Administration Accountable for Afghanistan Disaster in New &#039;Blood on My Hands&#039; Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsinger-songwriter-john-ondrasik-holds-biden-administration-accountable-for-afghanistan-disaster-in-new-blood-on-my-hands-music-video%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1184759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Singer-songwriter&nbsp;John Ondrasik has released a new music video for his hard-hitting single \u201cBlood on My Hands\u201d in which he holds the Biden administration accountable for the U.S.\u2019s disastrous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>Filmed outside the White House, the video features Ondrasik, who performs under the name name Five for Fighting, performing his 2021 song interspersed with news clips of President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, and other officials attempting to downplay or brush aside concerns about the military and humanitarian catastrophe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>It also includes excerpts of an interview the singer recently conducted with the former Vice President of Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch below:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">01\/03\/21<br \/>Abandoned to Taliban<\/p>\n<p>American Citizens\u2013100+<br \/>Allies\u201360K+<br \/>Afghan Brothers in Arms 200K<br \/>Women Rights Decimation 20M<br \/>Music Outlawed<br \/>LGBTQ hunted <br \/>Children sold for food <br \/>Accountability \u2013 0<\/p>\n<p>Blood On My Hands \u2013 White House <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VMARuBAFy9\">https:\/\/t.co\/VMARuBAFy9<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmericansforAfghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AmericansforAfghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rTsUBbQvf0\">pic.twitter.com\/rTsUBbQvf0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnondrasik\/status\/1478001918127403008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Ondrasik \u2014 known for his Grammy-nominated&nbsp;anthem for the heroes of 9-11, \u201cSuperman (It\u2019s Not Easy)\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2014 said the new video isn\u2019t politically motivated, and is intended to be a call for accountability \u201cwhere there has been none.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe passing of time will not ease the great shame festering in our collective gut,\u201d the singer said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, America turning the page on Afghanistan would only accelerate the erosion of our moral conscience. I take heart in bi-partisan measures currently being undertaken in Congress that recognize this truth. Until we admit our complicity and implement policy to atone for our actions, I believe that only then, will we begin to regain our stature as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18006930\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Biden-Afghanistan-Getty-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18006930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Biden-Afghanistan-Getty-AP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Win McNamee; Amel Emric\/Getty Images,&nbsp;Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi; Manuel Balce Ceneta;&nbsp;David Goldman;&nbsp;Jabin Botsford\/AP Photo<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In a recent interview&nbsp;on SiriusXM\u2019s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow,&nbsp;Ondrasik <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/radio\/2021\/09\/22\/exclusive-john-ondrasik-andrew-breitbart-is-a-big-part-of-my-inspiration-for-new-song-blood-on-my-hands\/\">revealed<\/a> he was partly inspired by the late Andrew Breitbart to write the song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Andrew Breitbart] just kind of wanted to the right thing, and if he saw people kind of getting canceled or slammed \u2014 even back then \u2014 for doing the right thing, he would stand up to them, and it\u2019s similar with this song,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a big part of this. He\u2019s a big part of my inspiration to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Listen below:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All proceeds from the sale of the \u201cBlood On My Hands\u201d will go to various organizations performing evacuations and rescues in Afghanistan, as well as to the Afghanistan National Institute of Music and the Gary Sinise Foundation.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter\u00a0John Ondrasik has released a new music video for his hard-hitting single \u201cBlood on My Hands\u201d in which he holds the Biden administration accountable for the U.S.\u2019s disastrous and deadly &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}