The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime.

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  Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

• Charles Simic:

  Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.

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