10. A Mother’s Grief
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War knows no boundaries and it knows no end. Anyone who thinks that the innocent are spared in time of war is deluding themselves. In fact, it’s often civilians; farmers, villagers, city-dwellers, children, who suffer the most at the grinding hands of the cruel machinery of war.
Here a mother mourns over the body of her child outside of Hue (remember that fun city?) in 1969. The year has changed but the horror lives on. The body was found in a mass grave with many other bodies. That’s her hat covering up the little body. I think the anguish and unspeakable pain upon her face would be reason enough for none of us to ever go to war again but then, what do I know?
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