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Jim Wallis 10-27-2011
Finally, as President Obama has announced, this American war will soon be over, with most of the 44,000 American troops still in Iraq coming home in time to be with their families for Christmas.
The initial feelings that rushed over me after hearing the White House announcement were of deep relief. But then they turned to deep sadness over the terrible cost of a war that was, from the beginning, wrong; intellectually, politically, strategically and, above all, morally wrong.
The War in Iraq was fundamentally a war of choice, and it was the wrong choice.
Hannah Lythe 12-17-2010
I watched helplessly as the snow fell on stubborn veterans and police officers at the White House gates.
Jennifer Kottler 12-08-2010
We've been asked by more than one of our readers and supporters about how we can support the DREAM Act and hold that in tension wit
Timothy McMahan King 9-23-2010
"After more than 50 years in the military and politics, I am still amazed to see how upset people can get over nothing.
Celeste Kennel-Shank 7-20-2010
When I first heard the announcement to rise for "the presentation of the colors," I didn't understand what that was.