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Singing Marine Sounds Off at Dixie Chicks

Posted Mar 20, 08 12:39 PM CDT in US,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – A Marine back from Iraq and Afghanistan has fired a musical rebuke at the Dixie Chicks for their anti-war hit, "Not Ready to Make Nice."  Cpl. David Thibodeaux's "Not Ready to End the Fight" is hitting America's country dials—including some that shunned the Nashville trio's 2006 Grammy winner.

A fellow leatherneck wrote the response song with a friend in the music business; he tracked down the Louisiana native to lay it down after seeing photos of him armed with his six-string in Iraq. "I’ve seen so many good things happen in Iraq, and I don’t think it’s time for the war to end,” Thibodeaux says. "Anybody who doesn’t think there are terrorists out there should open their eyes."

Source Military Times

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One of Thibodeaux's fellow Marines started searching for someone to record a reply to the Dixie Chicks after seeing the group collect their Grammy awards in 2007.   (Getty Images)
Cpl. David Thibodeaux, a Marine who has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan, recently recorded "I'm Not Ready to End the Fight," an answer song to the Dixie Chicks.   (Kim Lancaster / F2F Music Publishing)
Emily Robison left and Martie Maguire, right, fix Natalie Maines' hair as the Dixie Chicks perform at the new Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007.   (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)
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