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[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/after-war-a-failure-of-the-imagination.html by Phil Klay 8/2/14 The New York Times] | [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/opinion/sunday/after-war-a-failure-of-the-imagination.html by Phil Klay 8/2/14 The New York Times] | ||
As a former Marine who served in Iraq, I’d heard the sentiment before — it’s the civilian counterpart to the veteran’s “You wouldn’t know, you weren’t there.” But this time it struck an especially discordant note. This woman was a friend. | As a former Marine who served in Iraq, I’d heard the sentiment before — it’s the civilian counterpart to the veteran’s “You wouldn’t know, you weren’t there.” But this time it struck an especially discordant note. This woman was a friend. | ||
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[https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/browne/protests.html by MALCOLM W. BROWNE PBS] | |||
Because of what I knew of the Buddhist tradition in Vietnam, I realized that it had to be taken seriously. So while other correspondents got tired of the endless Buddhist street demonstrations that were going on all that summer, I stuck with them, because I had the sense that sooner or later something would happen. | |||
