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Wednesday, October 18, 2006 12:00 AM

Can Frodo save Iraq?

Sen. Rick Santorum thinks the war is distracting the "Eye of Mordor." But we really want to know your fantastical literary metaphors for the war in Iraq!

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006 01:42 PM

    Close, but...

    ... I think the current situation in Iraq has more to do with the Harvard Lampoon's famous parody "Bored of the Rings" than the Tolkien epic.

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