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What a pleasure it was to hear the matter-of-fact, off-the-cuff remarks of Gen. Schwarzkopf, our victorious military commander, ordering his minions to shield the human dignity and military pride of his defeated counterparts.

Gen. Schwarzkopf`s spontaneous gesture not to embarrass the Iraqi generals reflects on his character as a sensitive human being whose actions represent the highest ideals that all Americans do, or should, hold dear.