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If we "cut and run" from Iraq, Republican senators argued recently, we will lose our credibility, dishonor the memory of those who have already died there, break our promise to the Iraqi people and settle for something less than victory. The United States does not quit that way. So Republicans will run in November against dishonor, flag burners, gay marriages, the New York Times, the Supreme Court and the Democrats who want to lose Iraq (just like they ran a half century ago against Democrats who "lost" China). Will it work? Sure it will. In fact, the United States did...

God, our Muslim brothers remind us, is the merciful and the compassionate. There- fore, we do not make moral judgments on morality of others. It is up to God to make such judgments. So the moral guilt of the American Marines who apparently murdered perhaps two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, last November must be left to heaven. Yet, in the objective order these murders of men, women and children are a disgrace to the United States and to the Corps and to all the dead we honored last Monday. Their actions are likely to lead to the murder of...

Terri Schiavo had an 'extraordinary' reaction to a friends Sunday night visit, her parents spokesman claimed Monday morning.Friar Paul O'Donnell, spiritual advisor to Bob and Mary Schindler, said Schiavo recieved a visit from her father and a friend Sunday night.When her friend, identified as Sherry, recalled their days dancing and partying together, Schiavo 'raised her hands up and was moving and started making gutteral sounds like she does when she talks to her mother,' O'Donnell said.'Everone is willing to write this woman's obituary except one person and that is Terri Schiavo,' O'Donnell said. The courts have ruled that Schiavo did...