HBO's Last Letters Home

[BeyondGeography]

Don't know if this was a repeat or not, but this just aired on the East Coast.

The tragedy of this war doesn't get any easier to take, especially when you watch these families go through the agony of reading their deceased children or spouses' declarations of love and regrets for not being able to be home. Reminiscent of Lila Lipscomb in Fahrenheit 9/11.

They were all profoundly touching, especially a 34-year-old father of two, who had a "bad feeling," when he wrote a farewell letter to his wife and children, thanking them for whatever happiness he had known, and asking forgiveness for leaving them.

This is an important program, on a basic human level. Whether it's practical or not, I'm becoming more of a pacifist all the time, keeping in mind that for every family that is suffering here, it's a safe bet that 10, 20 or 30 Iraqi families are going through the same thing. Victims on all sides. The sooner it ends, the better.

[knowbody0]

1. 60 minutes of weeping last night

excellent program. 34 year old was the worst for me as well. a son that will never hold his dad's finger. yeah. i am weeping again

[DIKB]

2. I don't know if I could handle it.

Our hometown and high school friend just died in Fallujah, I got the news yesterday. He talked and joked about coming home and seeing my brother in December. I hadn't talked to him in years, but that doesn't make it any easier.

[rabbit2484]

3. My wife was watching while I was on the computer

I was crying for a while after the show and wasn't even really watching it. I must say it made me hold my kids longer before I laid them down to sleep.
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