Every place I ever lived or served in Germany and France, to include where I was born, is now gone. There is goodness in that, in that when the purpose is no longer served, we should no longer linger. Oops - there is one exception - Patch Barracks, in Vaihingen, near Stuttgart. But there is also a lesson in this, one writ large: "Interviews with Germans and Americans who are still here or once served in Heidelberg suggestedthat the conflict that began on Sept. 11, 2001, spelled the end for American...