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p>Ben (the good Stein) realizes this conflict involves good forces (American, British, Australian, Polish, Ukrainian, South Korean, etc.) destroying evil cruel regimes (Saddam, al Qaeda, the Taliban). The issues are black and white, with good people sacrificing for a noble cause. Ben Stein gets it, too bad the L.A. Times does not. br> -- Christopher Crowley br> Fort Myers, Florida /p>

Reading your words had the same effect on me as the feeling I get when I say the Pledge of Allegiance or sing the National Anthem at a ball game. You know -- the kind of pride that leaves a lump in your throat and makes the hair stand straight up on your arms.

p>For every person that agrees with likes of a Joel Stein I bet there are tens of thousands of us that agree with Ben Stein. "Saints in body armor" indeed. When it's all said and done, 20 million people will have a chance to line in freedom because of the work and sacrifice of these "saints." Joel would do well to ask himself what he has done with his life that could hold a candle to any one of these men. br> -- Charles Bennett br> Athens, Ohio /p> p> Ben Stein's rebuttal of Joel Stein's inane writing is what millions of us would say if we only had Ben's gift of language. It was the most powerful, loving tribute to our fighting men and women I have yet seen. I'm mailing a copy to my Marine nephew in Ramadi. As I have told him, "We are ever in your debt." Even Joel, whether he knows it or not. br> --

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