Chris Hedges of The New York Times has seen war up close -- in the Balkans, the Middle East, and Central America -- and he has been troubled by what he has seen: friends, enemies, colleagues, and strangers intoxicated and even addicted to war's heady brew. In War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, he tackles the ugly truths about humanity's love affair with war, offering a sophisticated, nuanced, intelligent meditation on the subject that is also gritty, powerful, and unforgettable.
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@GregGrandin @davidrieff Unless you are his shrink I think you are inferring a mental state to which you have no access from words written at a deeply emotional moment in our experience. "War is a force that gives us meaning" Packer didn't write it, Hedges did.
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@AttilaTheLund 💯 on public appetite. To quote Chris Hedges, war is a force that gives us meaning; in times that feel meaningless it’s tempting to reach for, but a temptation to avoid. That’s why I’ve been the leading GOP in 117th Congress to return war powers to congress. But IRQ/AFG ≠ UKR
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@allofmilov It's all *butch* all the time. It's very "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning'' à la Chris Hedges. They live for this crap.