Word: colonels
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...just begun negotiating a 20-year oil-delivery deal with Washington and just opened its vast natural gas fields to about $4 billion worth of U.S. and foreign investment. Still, the U.S. does not expect an easy partnership with Chavez, who as a paratrooper colonel led an abortive coup himself 10 years ago. The April uprising did sober him into dumping the inept socialists he had put in charge of Venezuela's state oil monopoly - and who had been lavishing heavily subsidized oil shipments on Chavez's buddy, Cuba's communist President Fidel Castro...
...changes in U.S. military policy, but could in coming years. For now, the odds of a sudden Beijing lunge for Taiwan seem remote. Still, wars can arise from misperceptions, and the disconnect between Chinese and U.S. positions leaves ample room for misunderstanding. Qiao Liang, a P.L.A. colonel who is about to publish a book called Decisive Strike, is among those in China who wonder if America has the stomach for a showdown. "Is the U.S. prepared to spend all its national wealth defending Taiwan?" he asks. "Because China will be a thousand Afghanistans...
...Neither of us know where the mines are. We are being very careful." KIM HYE-WON, South Korean army lieutenant colonel, on efforts by the North and South to clear a path through the heavily mined...
Verbatim "An Irish guy with a beard is still an Irish guy." JAMES L. HUGGINS, U.S. Army colonel, discussing the futility of American special forces trying to blend in with the local Afghan population...
...Afghanistan." Says Abdul Rahim, a gray-bearded brigadier who has known her for 10 years: "During the Taliban time, I was worried about her. I couldn't even go to her house and ask how she is. They'd kill me." These days, it is possible for a colonel to drop by and chat and even fan Khatol affectionately when she complains of the heat...