“ no one asks poor people if they want war. ”
As Hegel said, tragedy was not the conflict between right and wrong but right and right, a dilemma none of us who wanted to participate in history could escape. The major had the right to live, and I was right to kill him. Wasn't I?
~ Viet Thanh Nguyen
I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.
This feat I also had no idea how to accomplish, but ignorance had never stopped me from taking action before.
All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.
