War, huh, yeah, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin... words written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong for the Motown label in 1969 that, although first recorded as an album track by The Temptations, went on to become a number one hit for Edwin Starr.

Released as a single in June 1970, Starr's "War" became a runaway hit on the back of the anger the anti-war movement in the United States felt towards the conflict in Vietnam and held the Billboard Hot 100 top spot for three weeks in August and September that year.

But why have I got Starr's only number one hit buzzing around my brain at the moment? Well, it could be a product of Israel’s ongoing genocidal war mongering in the Middle East that’s being supported by the US and some of its greed-fuelled United Nations associates... but it’s more likely a result of research I’ve been doing recently on the “Nazi gold train”... FULL STORY