I think the sentimentality of family needs to be removed from discussions of war. I’m sure there were plenty of devout family men taking part in every mass geno

I think the sentimentality of family needs to be removed from discussions of war. I’m sure there were plenty of devout family men taking part in every mass genocide in history. Violence sucks — full stop, especially controversial violence that half the nation was against from the beginning. Sad that this woman lost her husband, and son lost his father. She clearly loves him too much to question his judgement, but maybe she could speak from the podium of loss against unnecessary war. I’m not a fan of sentimental personal anecdotes being shared to a mass audience like this, but alas emotions rule the world. Hopefully we can fight the politics that led to this tragedy rather than lionizing his martyrdom.