@Jennifer@bookstodon The book is a sobering trip, the author has dug down and been in quite a few countries. His recollections of meeting Afghan families are really interesting and breathtakingly sad to read, and sobering.
As drones do the bombing, media reports less, even though drone operators are traumatized; this is, of course, nothing in comparison with people who are bombed, maimed, etc.
As for your anecdote, I'm sorry to hear that, but I think a lot of people who profit from war tend to shut down certain basic human emotions as they rarely meet their victims...