Selected Songs pg.915-916

The general argument made by Bob Dylan in his selected song, With God on Our Side, is that when God is always on our side things go better. More specifically Dylan suggests that after the war is over and if you forgive, God is on your side. He writes, “When the second World War came to an end we forgave the Germans and we were friends though they murdered six million in the ovens they fried the Germans now too have God on their side. (pg.915)” This passage suggests that you can do anything that is right with God on your side. In conclusion, Dylan is suggesting that when God is on your side things go the way that you want them to.

In my view Dylan is right, because I think when God is on your side you can do anything, as long as it is for the correct purpose. For example he also says,”…It taught and brought up there the laws to abide and that land that I live in has God on its side. (915)” Dylan is saying that God is on our countries side. I think that he right. We have so many freedoms from soldiers who have sacrificed for us. Therefore I conclude that Dylan was right.