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Heroism

Submitted by mole333 on 19 March 2008 - 6:35am.

There can be heroism under any circumstances. I haven't met Diane's son, but I can safely say that he has shown he is brave and heroic even in this War/Occupation/Quagmire/Blunder. Our troops are doing the best they can, and the fact that the Republicans sent them to fight for a lie, sent them without proper equipment and are abandoning them when they come home make those troops even more deserving of our support.

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