The wars in these two countries exist for most Americans as little more than a political abstraction, but if the reading public can be put, however briefly, in the boots of the troops, we might all better understand what, exactly, is going on.
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Dexter Filkins brings us something all too rare lately: on-the-spot reporting about the troops doing the fighting and dying in Iraq.
By Paul McLeary
The wars in these two countries exist for most Americans as little more than a political abstraction, but if the reading public can be put, however briefly, in the boots of the troops, we might all better understand what, exactly, is going on.
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