11.12.2009 9:00 pm

Reality and Afghanistan: It’s time to leave.

A wounded soldier from the 10th Mountain Division is evacuated from Afghanistan's Wardark Province in August. (David Goldman/AP)

A wounded soldier from the 10th Mountain Division is evacuated from Afghanistan in August. (David Goldman/AP)

For decades historians have argued whether, had he lived, President John F. Kennedy would have sent the nation full tilt into Vietnam the way President Lyndon…

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05.25.2008 9:00 pm

Monday editorial: Remembering Curran M. Jones

By Editorial Board

The obituary appeared on a Sunday in the Post-Dispatch more than 39 years ago. The headline read, “Area Sailor Killed in War.”

The report conveyed the essential facts:

“Curran M. Jones, navy hospitalman second class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Berkley Jones, 549…

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Reality and Afghanistan: It’s time to leave.

Monday editorial: Remembering Curran M. Jones

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