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US Soldiers 'enhanced' by battle
...there can be feelings of spiritual development, improved relationships, a sense of personal strength, a better appreciation of life and new interests and priorities?
The “war on terror” rallied the country behind Bush, and dozens of neoconservative keyboards gushed forth analogies with Roosevelt and Churchill fighting Hitler, the Saddam Hussein of yesteryear. “Pre-emptive” war quickly effected “regime change” in Afghanistan and Iraq, where “democracy” put down its roots, women enjoyed rights for the first time, and “weapons of mass destruction” would soon be found. The invincible Bush basked in triumph.
Tactics, Not Strategy, in the Antiwar Movement
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