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The times, they are a-changin’. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR), in a speech on the Iraq War last night:

“I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs day after day. That is absurd. It may even be criminal.”

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