In the 1960s and 1970s, it was Vietnam. Many of us were there, or if not, we worried over our drafted brothers, uncles, even fathers.
In the 1990s, it was the Persian Gulf War threatening to snatch up young men and women in their prime who had decided to serve their country in reserve or national guard units. Then a decade later, it was the invasion of Afghanistan, and in 2003, the invasion of Iraq. Each time, we parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents cried again.
Now comes Syria?
We can put men on the moon, build cities like New York and Dubai, cure polio and knock back cancer; but we can’t avoid war?
The favored option seems to be “surgical” missile strikes? Really? What will it be after two or three tit-for-tat reprisals?