Summer of Love '06
In '69 they got Woodstock. This is what we get.
The average death toll per day in Iraq is hitting 60. The NATO operation in Afghanistan is faltering, and looking like the biggest shoot-up for the British Army since Korea. In Lebanon, Israel will not bend to international pressure but is instead gearing up for the big push. And on our own ground, there was a plot to blow up nine planes.
Sure, in '69 they were heading off the Tet offensive. But we don't even get a seminal rock concert to appease us. They had Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendix. We get Bob Gelfof and Bono. Some trade off. We even get a defender for England captain. Fantastic.
