When Dave Mustaine was doing advance publicity for Megadeth’s United Abominations, he explained his inspiration for the title track to Billboard: “I was watching TV and saw the trucks that said ‘UN’ on them and said, ‘Man, you are so uncool, ineffective, anything. I thought, ‘Wow, I’ve got to run with this. I got it — United Abominations, ’cause it’s an abomination what they’re doing!’â€?

Yesterday, the UN fired back. UN Dispatch contributor Mark Leon Goldberg has posted a verse-by-verse response to “United Abominations.” An excerpt:

The UN is right; you can’t be any more “un”
Than you are right now, the UN is undone
Another mushroom cloud, another smoking gun
The threat is real, the Locust King has come
Don’t tell me the truth; I don’t like what they’ve done
It’s payback time for the United Abominations

At this point, you can hear French spoken in the background. The only thing I could decifer was, “Nous besoin d’ordre mondial,” meaning, “We need global order.” This apparently upsets Mustaine, because he launches into a monster guitar solo! Then, Mustaine returns for three repetitions of the chorus. Following that, a radio-style voice over reminiscent of the opening monologue begins, each line punctuated with “there was no UN.”

NATO invaded Yugoslavia to end ethnic cleansing, there was no UN

While it is true that the United Nations Security Council never sanctioned the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, it strains credulity to assert there was no UN presence there. The day the bombing campaign was suspended — when NATO “invaded” — the Security Council authorized the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). Today, the United Nations is responsible for rebuilding the entire region, prosecuting war criminals, and deciding the future status of the tiny province.

The US invaded Afghanistan after 9/11, there was no UN

In fact, the UN has a robust presence in Afghanistan. It convened the so-called Bonn Process that established the Hamid Kharzai government. The UN also organized Afghanistan’s historic 2004 elections and continues to provide humanitarian relief, promote good governance, and improve the rights of women.

Oh yeah? Why don’t you say it to his face while he’s ON TOUR?

Sept 4 Anchorage, AK Egan Convention Center
Sept 5 Fairbanks, AK Carlson Center
Sept 7 Seattle, WA Moore Theater
Sept 8 Spokane, WA Big Easy
Sept 9 Portland, OR Roseland
Sept 11 San Francisco, CA Warfield
Sept 12 Anaheim, CA Grove
Sept 14 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Sept 16 Denver, CO Ogden
Sept 18 Sauget, IL Pops
Sept 19 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Club
Sept 21 Indianapolis, IN Egyptian Room
Sept 22 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
Sept 23 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
Sept 25 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom
Sept 26 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sept 28 Providence, RI Lupos
Sept 29 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
Sept 30 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Oct 01 Richmond, VA Toad’s Place
Oct 03 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Oct 04 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Oct 05 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues July 14
Oct 06 Norfolk, VA Norva

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