re: #307 klys

Amen.

My aunt did 18 months in Iraq and another 24 months post-retirement attached to forces in Afghanistan. The human drain of these conflicts, both in lives lost and lives changed, cannot be overstated. Some people come out of it relatively well - I’m thankful my aunt did - but that’s not the case for so many.

Your aunt came out —but it affected her. The trauma was passed to her children and grandchildren.

The longer I am on earth, the more I think benefits of war are short-term, the negative affects are generational.

People don’t want to take the time for diplomacy and negotiation. Yet, the fallout of war takes much longer to clean-up.