Uploaded April 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Who says you can't review 70 years of foreign policy to the tune of an cheesy '80s ballad? From the end of WW2 to today!
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"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
When WW2 was finished,
Tensions weren't diminished,
'Tween western democracies and communists,
Truman Doctrine helping folks that want the voting,
Plus the Marshall Plan and Berlin Airlift,
We fought in Korea, alongside the UN,
Eisenhower ended it and the DMZ began,
Ike tried Brinksmanship to stop Red spread,
Massive retaliation, you'll all be dead,
But then with Kennedy and Johnson,
Their flexible responsing,
Containment's got a new look now,
"Russia, clear the nukes you put in"
Then the Gulf of Tonkin,
It leads to fighting in, fighting in Vietnam now,
With detente, Nixon's shifting views towards communism,
He visits China and then signs Salt I,
And the Yom Kippur War leads gas prices to soar,
Ford's in command for the Fall of Saigon,
Carter becomes President, his Camp David Accords,
Helped Egypt and Israel avoid further war,
But with the revolution, and hostages in Iran,
Jimmy had no shot in the next election,
Then we get the Reagan Doctrine,
Rollback communist governments,
By overt and covert aid now,
When the Cold War's finally ended,
Kuwait needs defending,
Bush pushes in Iraq,
Then gets the heck outta Iraq now,
E G#m A
NAFTA creates a free trade zone,
F#m E
'Tween us, Canada, and Mexico,
G#m A
And while Bosnia goes good,
F#m A B
Because of Somalia, no troops to Rwanda,
After the attacks on 9-11,
We get the Bush Doctrine,
You're with us or against us now,
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,
Finally end with Barack,
Who knows what will happen, who knows what will happen now,
Who says you can't review 70 years of foreign policy to the tune of an cheesy '80s ballad? From the end of WW2 to today!
New videos every Tuesday (sometimes Monday!)
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/MrBettsClass
Instagram: instagram.com/MrBettsClass
Tumblr: http://mrbettsclass.tumblr.com
Like on FaceBook: facebook.com/MrBettsClass
"En la Brisa" Music by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com
When WW2 was finished,
Tensions weren't diminished,
'Tween western democracies and communists,
Truman Doctrine helping folks that want the voting,
Plus the Marshall Plan and Berlin Airlift,
We fought in Korea, alongside the UN,
Eisenhower ended it and the DMZ began,
Ike tried Brinksmanship to stop Red spread,
Massive retaliation, you'll all be dead,
But then with Kennedy and Johnson,
Their flexible responsing,
Containment's got a new look now,
"Russia, clear the nukes you put in"
Then the Gulf of Tonkin,
It leads to fighting in, fighting in Vietnam now,
With detente, Nixon's shifting views towards communism,
He visits China and then signs Salt I,
And the Yom Kippur War leads gas prices to soar,
Ford's in command for the Fall of Saigon,
Carter becomes President, his Camp David Accords,
Helped Egypt and Israel avoid further war,
But with the revolution, and hostages in Iran,
Jimmy had no shot in the next election,
Then we get the Reagan Doctrine,
Rollback communist governments,
By overt and covert aid now,
When the Cold War's finally ended,
Kuwait needs defending,
Bush pushes in Iraq,
Then gets the heck outta Iraq now,
E G#m A
NAFTA creates a free trade zone,
F#m E
'Tween us, Canada, and Mexico,
G#m A
And while Bosnia goes good,
F#m A B
Because of Somalia, no troops to Rwanda,
After the attacks on 9-11,
We get the Bush Doctrine,
You're with us or against us now,
Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,
Finally end with Barack,
Who knows what will happen, who knows what will happen now,
