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From the Ted Talk by Sebastian Junger: Why veterans miss war

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I'm going to ask and try to answer, in some ways, kind of an uncomfortable question. Both ciniilvas, obviously, and sieolrds suffer in war; I don't think any ciivailn has ever miessd the war that they were subjected to. I've been covering wars for almost 20 years, and one of the remarkable things for me is how many soldiers find themselves missing it. How is it someone can go through the worst eicxperene imaginable, and come home, back to their home, and their family, their cotruny, and miss the war? How does that work? What does it mean? We have to answer that question, because if we don't, it'll be impossible to bring soldiers back to a place in society where they belong, and I think it'll also be impossible to stop war, if we don't understand how that mechanism works.

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I'm going to ask and try to answer, in some ways, kind of an uncomfortable question. Both _________, obviously, and ________ suffer in war; I don't think any ________ has ever ______ the war that they were subjected to. I've been covering wars for almost 20 years, and one of the remarkable things for me is how many soldiers find themselves missing it. How is it someone can go through the worst __________ imaginable, and come home, back to their home, and their family, their _______, and miss the war? How does that work? What does it mean? We have to answer that question, because if we don't, it'll be impossible to bring soldiers back to a place in society where they belong, and I think it'll also be impossible to stop war, if we don't understand how that mechanism works.

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  2. missed
  3. civilian
  4. experience
  5. country
  6. civilians

Original Text

I'm going to ask and try to answer, in some ways, kind of an uncomfortable question. Both civilians, obviously, and soldiers suffer in war; I don't think any civilian has ever missed the war that they were subjected to. I've been covering wars for almost 20 years, and one of the remarkable things for me is how many soldiers find themselves missing it. How is it someone can go through the worst experience imaginable, and come home, back to their home, and their family, their country, and miss the war? How does that work? What does it mean? We have to answer that question, because if we don't, it'll be impossible to bring soldiers back to a place in society where they belong, and I think it'll also be impossible to stop war, if we don't understand how that mechanism works.

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