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Article: Are birds free from the chains of the skyway?(PARTING THOUGHTS)(freedom for the entire world)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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FREEDOM IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT things to define, yet wars are fought to secure it. Evidently, many regard freedom as worth dying for, although an increasing number of our citizens are questioning whether the freedom of others is worth that price, especially in Iraq. Pres. George W. Bush wants freedom for the entire world, but the question remains whether some might not want it and, if they do, cannot handle it. Many who are free desire to be "free of their freedom," for the latter requires assuming responsibility for one's actions. It is easier to have others choose for us.
Many of our own Civil War songs espoused "The Battle Cry of Freedom." It also should ...