He who can love while in war, and can be romantic despite the waterfalls of blood, this means that he survived. He did not turn into a monster, or a distorted entity as it sometimes happens to people.
Wars reveal the true metal of man: the malicious, the sincere, the generous, the sacrificial. Yes, we may die, get hurt, or lose a loved one, but we discover ourselves and our abilities. War is what is worth looking for despite its cruelty and pain, so in my opinion every journalist should go to war even once in his life.