Virtual editorial board: 9/11 Patriotism and Sacrifice
How have the fear, pain and anger from 9/11 affected the concepts of patriotism and sacrifice in the years since 2001? If you oppose the war are you automatically unpatriotic?
If you support it are you automatically patriotic? Is open debate on the war a sign of weakness to the enemy? As for sacrifice, in an era of a volunteer military, have Americans rallied in any special way to support the war effort? Have they made any special commitments? Have they given anything up? Should they be expected to?
That's the topic of an editorial we plan to publish on Sunday. Sept. 10. As we gather our thoughts on the topic, we'd like to hear yours. We might even quote you in the editorial.
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