The Language of War

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“We should speak neither of surges nor total numbers of troops, but rather let us speak of young men and women.” Regardless of where one comes down on the latest strategy to address the disaster in Iraq, I believe moral decency requires that we speak very plainly about war and its consequences. Rather than wallow in political abstractions and oblique language, let us talk plainly about 21,500 men and women, mostly young, each with a name, a face and a family."

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