Patriotic music -- Australia

Pop music doesn't have to be nihilistic and hostile -- or trite and meaningless. It can express deep and positive feelings, even patriotism.

Australian singer Beccy Cole is a fervent supporter of her country's troops in Iraq, and has traveled there to meet and entertain them. This has apparently earned her a certain amount of flak from the type of anti-war absolutist (we all know of them) who cannot listen to any hint of pro-military sentiment without utterly condemning the person expressing it. This song, "Poster Girl", is her response (note: "diggers" is slang for Australian soldiers). I have a hard time imagining that her critics could match her eloquence and dignity.

Her own website is here.