Many are angry at Prince Henry of Britain for saying something that raised an issue that goes beyond his family, not only for Britain but even more for the US. It is the issue of war and dehumanization, and militarism.

When my father fought in France, did he dehumanize Hitler's soldiers? I never asked him that, but he knew they dehumanized and hated him, They did not know his name, but if he had been a civilian they would have sought to murder him, as they did to so many others.

What would it take to wean the US off of militarism? Nowadays, the efforts to try are not very impressive.

The opposite of militarism is not pacifism. Occasionally there is a war that must be fought; defending Ukraine is one example, and potentially defending Taiwan would be another. But these wars are exceptions among US military campaigns.