Posted AT 10:37 AM EDT on 09/05/08
The tough choices we make in times of war
BEIRUT — As often happens in this strange world, it was my water turtle, Jerry, who brought home to me the tough choices we make in times of war.
This happened this morning, when bullets and rocket-propelled grenades were exploding all around our apartment near the Hamra area of west Beirut, during the latest episode in Lebanon's long-running civil strife and political showdown.
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