There is an image from the war in Kuwait that speaks to the level of humanity we aspire to as freedom loving people. As American troops ousted Iraqi soldiers who had invaded that country under Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi soldier was holed up in a dugout in the sand. The American stood with his rifle pointing directly into the hole, shouting a demand that the Iraqi soldier come out.

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