A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat

A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat

A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat

The ultimate test of patriotism.

Calvin Trillin
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You people don’t support the troops.
Your patriotism’s not instilled.
The way we must support the troops
Is send more over to be killed.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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