{"id":754986,"date":"2021-09-15T11:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=754986"},"modified":"2021-09-15T11:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T15:36:25","slug":"blood-on-my-hands-five-for-fighting-singer-releases-new-song-blasting-biden-on-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blood-on-my-hands-five-for-fighting-singer-releases-new-song-blasting-biden-on-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Blood On My Hands\u2019: Five For Fighting Singer Releases New Song Blasting Biden On Afghanistan"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fblood-on-my-hands-five-for-fighting-singer-releases-new-song-blasting-biden-on-afghanistan%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=754986&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-489224810-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>John Ondrasik, also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, has some tough words for the Biden administration and its handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal. In his latest single, released Friday, the Grammy-nominated artist sings: <em>There\u2019s blood on these hands\/ And still Americans\u2026\/ Left to the Taliban\u2026\/ Now how\u2019s that happening?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Titled \u201cBlood on My Hands,\u201d the song goes on to specifically address Secretary of State Antony Blinken and embattled chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley for their role in the pullout:<\/p>\n<p><em>Winkin\u2019 Blinken can\u2019t you look me in the eyes \/ Willy Milley when did you decide \u2018this sacred motto\u2019 now means \u2026 never mind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ondrasik, who has previously penned massive hits like \u201cSuperman\u201d and \u201c100 Years,\u201d says he was inspired to write the song after learning of the suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 13 U.S. service members along with dozens of Afghans. While the words reference \u201cJoe\u201d or \u201cUncle Joe,\u201d he contends the seriousness of the President\u2019s failure in Afghanistan should transcend normal partisan politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike all Americans,\u201d he said in a press release, \u201cI was stunned and horrified at the images of falling bodies from planes, mothers handing babies over walls, and terrified Afghans being crushed to death at checkpoints due to our precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ondrasik then addressed the oppression and violence the Taliban is bringing back to the region, saying, \u201cI am deeply troubled by the plight of Afghan women forced to live under the return of Taliban rule, and felt great sadness when reading a story about a popular folk singer, Fawad Andarabi, being dragged from his home and shot by the Taliban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The songwriter shared that while he believes there were \u201cgood arguments on both sides\u201d of the question of whether to withdraw from the country, he cannot comprehend \u201cwhy our current administration would not extend the August 31 deadline, thus leaving American citizens, SIV holders, and Afghan allies behind to a terrorist Taliban regime.\u201d He said he has always believed that \u2018no man left behind\u2019 \u201capplied to all Americans, as well as to those we promise to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 56-year-old has a long history of supporting U.S. soldiers. Along with performing for the USO, he has given away five volumes of a compilation album titled \u201cCD for the Troops\u201d to the Armed Forces and more than a million copies have been distributed to U.S. soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Ondrasik said that while some may view \u201cBlood On My Hands\u201d as a \u201cpolitical attack,\u201d those who know him well know he is \u201can American with a history of calling out both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that one friend, after hearing the song, said he found it \u201cpolitically neutral, but morally-forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hope,\u201d Ondrasik finished, \u201cis that this song helps demand accountability, so the American promise is not forsaken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video of Ondrasik performing \u201cBlood on My Hands\u201d:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blood on My Hands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aBp5xVfMrhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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