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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Purple-hearted candor</title><link>http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/26/433141.aspx</link><description>By John Rutherford, NBC News Producer, Washington
The identity of the enemy in Iraq keeps shifting like the desert sands. "As the Sunni insurgents quit fighting us, the problems we have with criminality and other militia, many of them Shia, become relatively</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Purple-hearted candor</title><link>http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/26/433141.aspx#647934</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:18:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:647934</guid><dc:creator>Mike Doane, San Francisco, CA  USA</dc:creator><description>I know of a close friend: a fine American soldier, who is defending the United States of America somewhere in Afghanistan. &amp;nbsp;This close friend of mine, can sincerely attest that EVERY military operation is winning the hearts and mind of ALL tribes against the ruthless Taliban. &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My friend's comment should remind us all that ruthless intimidation will succeed at first, but it is common decency, self respect that prevails.&lt;br&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>