I wish there was no such thing as war and yet, as long as there have been humans, war has been a reality. I don't see that changing any time soon. I confess that I find war fascinating; the public reasons and how they intersect with the private reasons; the stories of people who volunteer to go to war in an "appropriate way" and how their training and expectations collide with reality. It is one of the crucibles of human existence and yet what is gold and what is dross is open to interpretation.
This American Life is one of my favorite podcasts and they had a doosey on the Iraq / Afghanistan wars. The program historically leans left-of-center but I thought they made a fair treatment in this episode and it really struck me:
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