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ANY CONFLICT FOUGHT ON U.S. SOIL THAT ACHIEVED A VICTORY WOULD APPEAL TO MY INVESTIGATIVE MIND, BUT THE SUBJECT REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER WAR THAT AMERICA HAS LOST - OR IS STILL LOSING - THAT IS, THE BATTLE OVER THE DEATH PENALTY. AGAIN TODAY I READ THAT A POLITICIAN RUNNING FOR OFFICE EXPRESSES HIS "PRO LIFE" STAND AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY. I STILL STAND FAST IN MY BELIEF THAT IF ONE IS "PRO LIFE" ONE MUST, PERFORCE, SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. HOW CAN A PERSON BE "PRO LIFE" AND NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVIL PEOPLE WHO KILL INNOCENTS ARE "AGAINST LIFE?" THAT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IS ORDERED? I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THE LATE, GREAT POPE JOHN PAUL II PUT THE CART OF HUMANITARIANISM BEFORE THE HORSE OF JUSTICE. THE VICTIM SHOUTS FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE THAT HIS OR HER LIFE HAS BEEN FORFEITED BY A MURDERER WHO DOES NOT RESPECT LIFE. ONLY BY PUNISHING THE GUILT, YES, THE ONE WHO HAS SINNED AGAINST LIFE, CAN THE SANCTITY OF LIFE BE VALIDATED AND CHAMPIONED. A "PRO LIFE" PRINCIPLE NATURALLY BEGINS AT CONCEPTION AND NATURALLY SUPPORTS LIFE, BUT THOSE WHO DESECRATE LIFE INITIATE THEIR OWN PUNISHMENT AND THOSE VICTIMS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR LIVES DESECRATED CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE. IF A VICTIM'S RIGHT TO LIFE COMES FIRST, THEN THE PUNISHMENT FOR TAKING THAT LIFE FOLLOWS. IF NOT, THE CART HAS BEEN PLA THE TITLE OF A NEW BOOK I SPIED ON THE LIBRARY'S SHELF READ, THE WAR THAT WON AMERICA. CED BEFORE THE HORSE. WHAT A HORSE-LAUGH FOR THE DEVIL.