During this difficult time, with the war in Iraq dominating news coverage, more and more readers and viewers are turning to our newspapers.

Iraq did not have those weapons of mass destruction, ... This administration went in anyway. This war was wrong and we must expose this administration.

The last time the U.S. went to war with Iraq, the S&P dropped by 10 percent, the Dow by 10 percent. This issue is an artificial injection into the economic scenario that is hopefully a one-time affair. But it creates a lot of turbulence and sends people running for cover.

You can never have 100 percent security in any war zone. News organizations that are covering Iraq are constantly trying to mitigate the risk. In terms of expenditure on the safety of journalists, it's probably the most expensive conflict in history, and the casualty toll is reflective of the danger.

Now is the time for resolve, not retreat. Turning our backs on post-war Iraq today would be the modern equivalent of handing post-war Germany back to the Nazis.

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