Reply #35: Really sucks is right

[Tinoire]

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Urgh...


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3 Doors Down has accomplished a lot in its brief existence, but Arnold says the best experience was performing for U.S. troops in Europe and the Middle East a few months a go.

"I was on stage 150 yards from the Persian Gulf, and I like to touch every body of water that I go near, and someone said, 'Don't put your hand in that, dude. That water is nasty.' But we went to places that I never thought I would see. It was amazing. We played on the deck of an aircraft carrier on the coast of Portugal. There's a lot of brave men out there."

So all of this travel has made Arnold pretty vocal about the war on terrorism.

"I think we should have taken care of this a long time ago, so we gotta take care of this now," he says. "I mean, people don't believe in war, but you really have to look at this. I was being interviewed by some guy in Germany, and he said, 'Do you know some people think George Bush is a bigger threat than Saddam Hussein?' and I said, 'What the *$#@ are you talking about? You have to realize we are the daddy of the world. And the daddy can't be the nice guy all of the time. If we don't take care of things like this, we won't pay as a country; we'll pay for it as a world."

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http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/entertainment/nightlife/bandarchive/rock3.shtml


Pride, Shame, Confusion Abound As War Reactions Surface
03.20.2003

Brad Arnold, like his 3 Doors Down bandmates, has been outspoken in his support of the soldiers, but he doesn't want to see mass destruction. "I have all the confidence in the world in our troops," he said. "Nobody wants war, short of someone who's insane. We all know what war brings, and that's what we're gonna try to minimalize. We don't want any loss of life, we just want an evil man gone."

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470668/20030320/story.jhtml