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...families. The Palestinian leader emerged smiling from a meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to greet the crowds. Arafat puckered his lips and blew kisses, no doubt expecting the kind of drawn-out session of mass adulation he relishes. But the prisoners knew whom to thank for their freedom. "Long live Hizballah!" they chanted. "Long live Hassan Nasrallah!" The name of the Lebanese Muslim fundamentalist militia leader wiped the smile off Arafat's lips: he immediately turned around and rushed into his office. For Arafat, last week's swap of Palestinian and other Arab prisoners for a kidnapped Israeli...
...rights for the next year. I applaud your wonderful choice of the American soldier. These men and women most probably did not expect to go to war when they signed up for the military or the reserves. Yet there they are, day after day, doing their job, fighting for freedom and a better way of life. They deserve our thanks, support, accolades and prayers. They are the pride of America. Francine M. Scuderi Stewart Manor...
...lost his job, his freedom and even his best friend because of a movie he has never seen, Gonzalez seems surprisingly accepting of his punishment. "They had to do it to someone--and it was me. So what can you do?" he says, serving up a weary smile...
...Whoever guessed right had bragging rights for the next year. I applaud your wonderful choice of the American soldier. These men and women most likely did not expect to go to war when they signed up, yet there they are, day after day, doing their job, fighting for freedom. They deserve our thanks, support, accolades and prayers. FRANCINE M. SCUDERI Stewart Manor...
...best intentions. I am worried, however, that it reflects a country too much in love with its own military might. The U.S.'s armed forces are an extension of American foreign policy, not the savior of the world. To start thinking of service members as infallible crusaders for freedom is delusional and dangerous to the rest of the world. Let's remember what our military really is: a group of Americans sworn to defend the freedom of the U.S. and its Constitution. They are not the U.N.'s Blue Helmets, dedicated to keeping peace around the globe. LANCE CPL. PAUL...