Love And War

cbs ^ | 8-25-04

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They say all’s fair in love and war; unless, perhaps, it involves the U.S. Army.

A year ago, when an American soldier fell in love in Baghdad, his commander ordered him not to marry. What was a heartsick soldier to do? Well, Sgt. Sean Blackwell launched a secret mission to marry the Iraqi woman he loved.

That’s when the Army came down with both boots and ordered Blackwell home, 7,000 miles from his bride, Ehdaa, apparently never to see her again.

But, as Correspondent Scott Pelley reported last spring, there was one thing the Army didn’t count on. It's something else they say about romance – that love, of course, conquers all.

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As an aside, I also married someone with whom we are at war: a Seminole. They never signed a treaty with the U.S. It's worked out o.k. so far.

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Seminole Indian as in the Seminole Indian wars?