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Another deadly mistake?
In Sunday's Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby gets it right on the potential 'terrorists for Gilad' trade. But to knowingly risk the lives of civilians in order to protect soldiers is to turn the social contract inside out. The state’s first duty to its citizens is to protect their lives and liberties; that is what justifies the creation of a military in the first place. Releasing hundreds of terrorists