Comments on: Addressing War in Wartime: Post Editorials from the 1940s http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/06/02/archives/clippings-curiosities/1940s-war-editorials.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1940s-war-editorials Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Frank James Davis http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2010/06/02/archives/clippings-curiosities/1940s-war-editorials.html/comment-page-1#comment-12948 Frank James Davis Thu, 03 Jun 2010 06:23:59 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=23388#comment-12948 While it is certainly sometimes necessary, war is always hell.
Courage, self-sacrifice and true patriotism (dedication to the principles upon which this country was founded) ennoble an otherwise vile endeavor. An endeavor which, inevitably, compromises the humanity of everyone involved.
What then is left to us? We mourn the dead, grieve for their loved ones, pray for quick victory and hope beyond hope that, at least some small part of it, has not been done in vain.

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