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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 01:28 PM

    Allegory in all it's forms

    Tolkien hated allegory, and intended none. Just as he railed against people taking his books as an allegory for WWII, I am certain he would be just as miffed to hear he had been misappropriated for the Neo-Con agenda.

    There is no Mordor, not here or in the Middle East.

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