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Neither mother nor son ever expected him to go to war.
I'm having a little problem with this statement.
Do you think the NY City Fire Dept. expected a building to fall on them? What about the police who work in "war zone" neighborhoods? Doctors never expect to be exposed to AIDS by a sharp, but these things all happen-it's part of the risk. If anyone says different, they aren't/weren't looking realistically at the whole picture. Thse situations are very real possibilities
To be in the armed service and NOT understand that war is always a possibility-especially in this political climate-is hard to understand. Perhaps if the statement had read "Both mother and son hoped war would not occur..." I think she is doing the best she can do to cope with a heartbreaking and frightening situation.
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