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For months, most Americans have been saying they were sure President Bush would win reelection and make the fight against terrorism even stronger. I shared that sense of confidence that he would protect the U.S. and its allies - the ones America still trusts. Then one of the more astonishing moments in American history took place: David Kay, the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, announced that he had not found any evidence of weapons of mass destruction there. In an instant, the principal stated purpose for the invasion of Iraq - the growing threat to the Middle East and...

Songwriter takes shot musically at Saddam By Robin Huiras Reading Eagle As Americans watched U.S. troops help topple a 20-foot-tall statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, local country music artist Pat Garrett was thrilled. Garrett was pleased with the pace of the war in Iraq, but the singer-songwriter also was happy that the people who felled the statue last week stomped on it afterward. It was as if they had read his mind or at least heard his latest release, “The Saddam Stomp.” “We're USA and we're on the way. It's gonna be a romp, you're gonna get stomped,” the...