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"They were going to look at war, the red animal - war, the blood swollen god." ~ Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage

Tipton, Iowa is planning the largest funeral the town has ever witnessed.

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We've been given so many reasons why this war was so necessary. The goalpost have moved so many times that I don't know what the objective is anymore. Weapons of mass destruction, Al Quida connections, enforcement of UN sanctions human rights violations, the freedom of the Iraqi people...they all read like a mission statement in the Halliburton quarterly report. What I do know is the price is too high. And not just for Tipton.

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