The rumors say that U2 came to visit the guerrilla headquarters and even offered a private concert to them. If there was a plane bombing it was our's. What is not true is that there has never existed any dictatorship of any kind in our country and there wasn't any U.S. government to stop the spreading of communism in our country.
What I would like to add is that yes, there was much influence by the U.S. It is a great honor for us to hear that one of the best rock n' roll bands still standing makes a remark of our country's struggle at that time in one of their songs. I was born in El Salvador and lived that horrible time. It seems that many people get confused with this song thinking that it was written solely about the Salvadorean Civil War. Jester jjarvis (contributed before the 20:th of February 1998) Bono and Edge say his guitar solo in it is supposed to be the keen of the bombs being dropped, and the rage of the war machines. or Into the arms of the world so as not to offend Americans. When originally writing the lyrics, Bono was not sure if he should say, And we run, into the arms.of America. But more than all this, it is about the way war destroys people.
It is about the United States' policy of supporting dictators in 3rd world countries to oppose the spread of communism. It is musically supposed to represent the bombings of El Salvadorian towns during its civil war by US planes. But from reading the lyrics and reading a few books where Bono talks about the song.
Well, as in many things, it is slightly open to interpretation. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.
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