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The tragic devastation of Iraq, a critical moral issue for America

Published December 1, 2008, 9:51 pm, Online Journal

As we watch our 401Ks and other investments bleed and hemorrhage, we have lapsed into a state of shock as the economy spirals downward. In our own personal grief and agony, this nation has now managed to put the literal destruction of another nation and a society into a far corner of our minds.

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