I wrote in my review of Fahrenheit 9/11 that a mother’s grief for a dead soldier isn’t an argument against a particular war although it may be an argument against all wars. Likewise for grisly photos of the war dead and injured. That there will be horrendous suffering is intrinsic to war, so that doesn’t tell you that a particular war is right or wrong; justified and unjustified wars iinevitably produce griving mothers and horrendous suffering.

But Britt Blaser speaks with a gravity I cannot. I know Britt through the Dean campaign and came quickly to trust and respect him, as well as to enjoy his company. Now he blogs vividly about one particularly bad day in Vietnam. It is a reminder that wars are not to be entered into casually…a reminder the way a punch in the stomach can remind you to mind your manners.

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