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...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...
...soldiers held their ground and killed the enemy when they could. "We had them right where we wanted them," Battalion Commander Lieut. Colonel Paul LaCamera says. "All around us." When the U.S. troops spied the black smoke of mortars firing outside their reach, they called in air strikes...
...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...