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...believes that radical jihad is the greatest threat facing our nation, and he understands that it is an ideological war not won solely through military force. He has supported the troop surge and would seek victory in Iraq—a victory involving the establishment of a liberal, stable central government for Iraqis that could expel the terrorist threat...
...will, for the first time, be able to campaign as a clear winner. Aides remained confident that Huckabee could continue to use his rhetorical talents to earn free-media exposure, which is central to the campaign's strategy. "Each and every one of you in this room have the power to carry a message," said Ed Rollins, the Huckabee campaign chairman, in a press conference following the victory party...
...became a weekly, sometimes daily, occurrence. President Pervez Musharraf threw out the Supreme Court Chief Justice triggering massive street protests. The Swat Valley, a picturesque tourist spot renowned for its skiing and trout fishing, is now, as my colleague Aryn Baker so vividly described just two months ago, Taliban Central. And to end the year, the leading opposition figure was assassinated...
...country's landowners and their military cousins. That is why, in recent elections, the Islamists have hugely increased their share of the vote and why they now control much of the west of the country. Benazir Bhutto was a brave, gutsy, secular and liberal woman. But she was a central part of Pakistan's problems, not a solution to them...
...made her the centerpiece of its latest plan for Pakistan. While the White House continued to back Musharraf's grip on power as the best near-term key to Pakistan's survival, others are more blunt in their assessment. Anthony Zinni, former chief of the Pentagon's Central Command, whose remit includes Pakistan, warns that extremist groups are "trying to ignite Pakistan into the kind of chaos they need to survive, and create a fundamentalist, even radical, Islamic government...