Soldiers' shoes.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: TILTING at windmills - American soldiers - Brief article

It seems incredible to me that at least thirteen Republicans wouldn't stand with the Democrats to demand that soldiers at least be given fifteen months at home before being sent back to Iraq. Why can't they put themselves in the shoes of those soldiers?

Of course, the soldier will tell you that he's ready to go back. He wants to do his duty. But can you really doubt that in his inner soul he wants to live, and to live as a whole human being, with all his limbs, a brain that still...