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Phil Klay Quotes

American - Writer | 1983 -

You come back from war, and you have a certain authority to talk about war.

War You Back Authority Talk Come

In a strange way, you have to have a certain amount of distance from a thing in order to be able to write about it.

You Distance Strange Way Write Able

Writing 'Redeployment' shook me in ways I never expected.

Me Writing Never Expected Ways

People lie to themselves all the time about what they've been through and what it means - I'm no exception. But you write those lies down - lies that really matter to you and that are really painful to let go of because they've become a part of who you are - and they don't work.

Work Time Lie People You Down

Treating war as farce is one way soldiers deal with it.

War Way Soldiers Deal Treating

War is too strange to process alone.

Alone War Process Strange Too

We're so used to using military terminology in civilian speech that we forget those terms might mean something very specific.

Speech Forget Military Mean Used

In State of the Union addresses, I always look at the foreign policy and military parts first, which are generally pretty minimal.

Look Military First Always Policy

You're not supposed to risk your life just for the physical safety of American citizens - you're supposed to risk your life for American ideals as well.

Life Safety American You Risk Well

Even if torture works, what is the point of 'defending' America using a tactic that is a fundamental violation of what America ought to mean?

America Mean Point Torture Even

'Redeployment' is a military term. It means to transfer a unit from one area to another.

Military Transfer Means Unit Another

Oftentimes, discussion of war gets flattened to a discussion of trauma.

War Trauma Discussion Oftentimes

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