A Life, Wasted
The father of a soldier killed in Iraq calls his son's death "wasted in a belief that democracy would grow simply by removing a dictator--a careless misunderstanding of what democracy requires." Read the columnThe father of a soldier killed in Iraq calls his son’s death “wasted in a belief that democracy would grow simply by removing a dictator–a careless misunderstanding of what democracy requires.” Read the column
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