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Our place in the world: Letter from the USS Abraham Lincoln By THOMAS L. GIBBONS LIEUTENANT, U.S. NAVY The Hollywood crowd has gone entirely too far. It is time to stand up to them and tell them to put personal agendas aside so our nation can be united. I respect personal opinion but believe it should be well-informed. But personal opinion should be put aside in an effort to appear cohesive and less of a circus act to the rest of the world. The public display of president- and administration-bashing is out of control. I am writing this from the...

Why We Should Be Willing to Accept the Costs of A Difficult War, Including Substantial Numbers of Casualties George W. Bush is deadly serious about protecting America from terrorists and the rogue regimes that support them. Indeed, he took an oath, under the Constitution, to do just that - protect America. The President invoked that oath when he gave a 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam Hussein: "The United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security. That duty falls to me as Commander in Chief by the oath I have sworn, by the...

All arguments against the war--including mine--are moot now. The decision has been made, and our job is not to nurse misgivings but to win in Iraq. Compared to what occurred 62 years ago, the anti-war movement in the United States is scanty and timorous. In 1941, it was of enormous influence. The ''America First'' movement was based in this city, and its rallies featured the hero Charles Lindbergh and Sears Roebuck tycoon retired Gen. Robert Wood, among others. The movement extended throughout the nation and included young John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. But Dec. 7 brought an end to all...