tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post2965397996623348503..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: It's the mothers I feel sorry forDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-73513659899219414542009-07-15T23:49:42.603+01:002009-07-15T23:49:42.603+01:00Your interview with Patrick Hennessey on the Word ...Your interview with Patrick Hennessey on the Word podcast was one of the best things I've heard in ages. So interesting, especially for us hand-wringing anti-war liberals. If you're interested, it inspired me to write a longish blog entry about the subject of Afghanistan and the disconnect between combat (so vividly recounted by Hennessey) and the armchair generals it's so tempting to be. It's <a href="http://www.wherediditallgoright.com/BLOG/2009/07/war.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Andrew Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968231919253150433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-76827780304456108682009-07-15T20:27:51.457+01:002009-07-15T20:27:51.457+01:00Well, to state the obvious, mothers give birth to ...Well, to state the obvious, mothers give birth to their children while we just stand there, mouth open, going "Bloody hell!" when they pop into the world. Least that's what I did.<br /><br />When a child dies a mother must literally feel like part of them has gone, while for fathers it's only metaphorical. Not that I wouldn't be, you know, but I think I'd feel it differently.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.com