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Petraeus and Odierno also realized early on that the insurgents could never be defeated the old-fashioned way. "You cannot kill your way out of an insurgency," Petraeus tells Time. "You're not going to defeat everybody out there. You have to turn them." And many of America's enemies were ripe for turning. Before the surge, elements of al-Qaeda in Anbar province were carrying out grisly atrocities against local Sunnis, including women and children, who refused to join the jihad against Americans. The Sunnis approached the Americans for help, and Petraeus was happy to oblige. The local uprising...
...greatest service to these combatants is its ability to overcome such narrow-mindedness. It will be a tough hurdle to clear, but other EU members overcame similar differences upon their accession. Nothing is more inconsistent with the idea of Serbian nationalism than the idea that Serbs cannot do the same.It is true that the EU has its own problems to deal with. Many believe that the union has already bitten off more than it can chew with the accession of 12 new countries since 2004. The death of its Constitution for Europe has also paralyzed progress for the traditional bureaucratic...
...parade of government officials signaling expectations that the highest ranks of the bank's management would step up and assume responsibility in the affair. "We are in a system where, when you have a big salary - which is without doubt legitimate - and there is a big problem, you cannot escape your responsibilities," Sarkozy said Monday, in an evident reference to Bouton...
...some; Romney got better than twice the support of voters for whom that was the number one issue. A new group, Citizens United Political Victory Fund, will start airing ads on Thursday that attempt to take up the "McCain is a liberal" theme anew. And Romney's big advantage cannot be discounted: "There's still a huge number of states to go," says unaligned G.O.P. pollster Whit Ayers. "And Romney has a lot more money...
...Although Kenya analysts believe the country remains a long way from descending into the horrors of Rwanda, they warn that the ethnic violence that has already killed more than 850 people cannot be allowed to fester. Regardless of what started the violence, or whether it was planned, there are worrying signs that the killings have created their own momentum and a cycle of vengeance that threatens to defy control by politicians...