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...swelled, Clark walked over to the American flag at the rear of the stage. He took the flag in hand and unfurled it, almost wrapping himself in it. "That's our flag," he said lovingly. "We saluted that flag. We served under it. We fought for it. We watched brave men and women buried under it." He was shouting now: "And no Tom DeLay, John Ashcroft and George W. Bush is going to take it away from...
...Private Jessica Lynch U.S. Army private Jessica lynch is a brave young woman but certainly no hero [Nov. 17]. In wartime, heroes do something extra to save or protect their fellow soldiers or inflict great losses on the enemy without thought for themselves. They attack the enemy vigorously with all means available, carrying out the mission assigned to them. Lynch was wounded grievously but exhibited none of the traits of a hero. I respect her will to survive, but she will not be in my book of heroes. Commander Victor Wood U.S. Navy (ret.) Indian Rocks Beach...
...might be anything but dull. Last week, a People's Liberation Army general, Peng Guangqian, warned that China is willing to wage war with Taiwan to prevent it from declaring independence?whatever the cost. Writing in a Beijing journal controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, Peng said China would brave a boycott of the Olympic Games, a drop in foreign investment, an economic downturn, even regional instability in order "to uphold national unity and territorial integrity." Like all Taiwanese, Wong has heard similar strident threats from China before. This time, however, he blames his own President, Chen Shui-bian...
...Taiwan?with its own army, constitution and democratically elected government?has a proud history of remaining defiant in the face of threats from Beijing. China's reaction to how Taiwan runs its affairs, says the secretary-general of the President's office, Chiou I-jen, "is not our concern." Brave?but perhaps unrealistic?words...
...began this war without allies, without evidence of an imminent threat, and without a strategy for success. The Bush administration told us that we would be greeted as liberators. But instead, we were greeted with firefights and terrorist attacks. And today, more than 400 brave men and women have paid the price...