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“The way to be patriotic in America is not only to love America, but to love the duty that lies nearest to our hand, and to know that in performing it we are serving our country.” — Woodrow ...
Moral injury is a relatively new concept that seems to describe what many feel: a sense that their fundamental understanding of right and wrong has been violated, and the grief, numbness or guilt that often ensues. Here, you will meet combat veterans struggling with the moral and ethical ambiguities of war.
Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser. Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost, and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost and will never lose a war. The very thought of losing is hateful to America. Battle is the most significant competition in which a man can indulge.
It produces profound feelings of guilt or shame, [1] moral disorientation, and societal alienation. [2] In some cases it may cause a sense of betrayal and anger toward colleagues, commanders, the organization, politics, or society at large. [2] [3] Moral injury is most often studied in the context of military personnel.
People protesting against the Iraq War, 2008 "Make love, not war" is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s.It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War, but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since, around the world.
21. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." –Eleanor Roosevelt. 22. "Because at some point you have to realize that some people can stay in your heart but not in your life."
It was the weight of command responsibility, and the guilt and shame he feels for having been unable to bring all his guys home safe. Martz is a stocky man, soft-spoken with a gentle manner. Haitian-born, adopted and home-schooled by religious American parents, he’s got a pretty firm grip on moral values and personal responsibility.
The content is more overtly political than most of his previous poetry with many of the poems about Ginsberg's condemnation of America's actions in Vietnam. Current events such as the Moon Landing and the 1968 Democratic National Convention , the death of Che Guevara , and personal events such as the death of Ginsberg's friend and former lover ...