I'm tired of people saying that this song by the great A7x that this song is political. If your going to review this song then at least pay atention to the lyrics. The thrue meaning of Critical Acclaim is that it critisizes the critizisers. By this I mean it talks about the people who insult the solders in the war. It is not political in anyway. When in the begining where it goes "Shhh be quiet you might piss somebody off" it refers to the people who lay back in america and insults its greatness by insulting never doing anything. What he means by we have a special way of saluting he means the middle finger to those people who only critize their country by insulting the solders. This is the true meaning of the song. Also one of M. Shadows friends is in war. So yea f you people who only critisize. And just know we are #1 and all others are just jealous.