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Juliette Kayyem

A Thanksgiving wish for the troops

War comes home, even for Thanksgiving. But this Thanksgiving is different, and that worries advocates like Kaufmann. The Iraq was is coming to an unceremonious end. The US Postal Service just announced that it will no longer handle mail sent to military posts in Iraq; any remaining soldiers will just have to get mail delivered to street addresses. Closing the box on a war that began almost nine years ago may be welcome news, but there’s a real danger in tying the ribbons too tight.

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I was hoping and expecting this would be a heart-felt thank you to the troops. Instead, it was just another punk Democrat who was no good in government running off with her mouth....