"Make sure your son and daughter understands they don't get to decide when or where they go to war. It is rich, predominantly white men in the House and Senate that have the power to send children of other parents - but not their own children - off to die [and] be injured in a senseless war."

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Source: Interview with Burgin Streetman, www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com. July 1, 2013.

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Tomas Young

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Tomas Young was an Iraq War veteran and anti-war activist known for his poignant critiques of military conflict and its impact on soldiers.

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