What is war? You send soldiers out and, although nobody wan… - Maaza Mengiste

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What is war? You send soldiers out and, although nobody wants to say it, you know a certain number will be killed, and you hope there will be fewer than the casualties on the other side. War is dealing with human beings as objects. (2017)

Maaza Mengiste

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Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American author.

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