Space is made behind the front for celebrities. Marilyn Monroe appeared in the Korean War, John Wayne in the Vietnam War, and Bono stood in the Kiev subway shaft. Leonard Cohen, on the other hand, was seen as more of a pacifist because of his outward gentleness. He sang about the women he fell in love with; he doubted the meaning of every war.
Leonard Cohen: Matti Friedman’s book “Who Through Fire” – Culture
