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Blood, sweat and too many tears

Kevin Eckstrom

Full disclosure: this video has nearly nothing to do with religion. I’m posting it on behalf of the RNS team in honor of former coworker, Bill Cahir, who lost his life in Afghanistan. Bill joined the Marines (at age 34) after 9/11 and was killed on his third tour. He leaves behind a wife who’s pregnant with twins.

I post this as an all-too-real reminder that the costs of our collective moral, ethical (and religious) debates on war and peace are paid with the blood of brave Americans like Bill who are willing to do the job so many of us are not.

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