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Living with the Moral Burdens of War

A society's ethical obligation's to its troops must last "to the end of their days."

Aired 01/20/2012 | Rating NR

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Living with the Moral Burdens of War

Clip: 1/20/2012 | 4m 34s

A society's ethical obligation's to its troops must last "to the end of their days."

After ten years of war, says Georgetown University ethics professor Nancy Sherman, US troops are coming home from Iraq, "and now they see that whole project of stability and democratization unraveling. They come home carrying heavy invisible wounds, of a sense of betrayal and PTSD. Was it worth it?"

Aired 01/20/2012 | Rating NR

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