Do we deserve our military?

"From Morocco to the Persian Gulf, we are seeing the rapid erosion of Christian populations, thought to now number no more than 15 million," Ms. Shea wrote in National Review. "The extinction of these ancient church communities will lead to ever more extremism within the region and polarization from the non-Muslim world."
There's one Middle Eastern country where the reverse is happening. Thousands of people attended Christmas services in Baghdad this year. Most of the worshippers were, of course, Christians. But in the pews with them were prominent Muslim clerics, both Sunni and Shia.
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David Petraeus is a better general than were William Henry Harrison, elected president in 1840, or Zachary Taylor, elected president in 1848. Yet David Petraeus is the Rodney Dangerfield of successful American commanders. He didn't even make the top ten in Gallup's poll of the most admired men for 2007, a list that includes former South African President Nelson Mandela, former President Jimmy Carter, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

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