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...personal memory of the joyous destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989, let alone the preceding 40-year struggle against the Soviet system during which the survival of a free Europe depended upon an alliance with the U.S. - something their parents felt in their bones even if they disliked particular U.S. policies. The youngsters' professors might teach that the American nuclear umbrella provided the strategic framework enabling France and Germany to stop trying to annihilate each other and the European Union to take root and prosper; their grandparents might remember G.I.s bearing nylons and Hershey bars. I have seen...
...death, at least by today's standards in Iraq: a roadside bomb exploded as she led her platoon in a convoy south of Baghdad on Sept. 12. But what makes this death so difficult to understand even against Iraq's constant churn of violence is just how extraordinary this particular soldier...
...classmates I met all had a common trait: the ability to safeguard their sense of duty from their personal doubts or insecurities about the mission. In the classroom, I watched cadets debate the successes and failures of the current U.S. occupation strategy. They learned about the dangers of this particular war from watching videos of an IED explosion and discussing the fate of West Point graduate General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff who was ostracized for contradicting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's estimates of how many troops would be needed in Iraq. But outside the classroom, the cadets...
...based its recommendations back in 1976 and were surprised to learn that seven of the 11 studies showed the drug was no better than a placebo at relieving nasal congestion. Part of the problem may be that there's a lot more variation in people's response to this particular pill, making it difficult to tell if it really works--and for whom...
...this responsibility. At the moment, U.S. and Iraqi soldiers are searching every neighborhood in Baghdad, but have yet to enter the Jaish al Medhi stronghold of Sadr City. The ambassador doesn't think Maliki will make an exception for his political supporter. "The Prime Minister has not said any particular area is exempt," says Khalilzad. "The militias have...