Word: confrontational
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...attack, it seems clear the nationalist and jihadist leadership had by and large already left the city along with much of their ranks, leaving behind, in classic guerrilla style, a rearguard detail to harass and interdict U.S. forces. The Americans in Fallujah got a taste of what they may confront across Iraq's restive Sunni triangle as the military command attempts to root out the insurgents from their sanctuaries. They are a tenacious enemy who fight as any guerrilla force might--never head on, always from behind or the sides at moments when it's least expected, initiating combat...
...first Iraq war. In 1991, the means dwarfed the end, and not the other way round, leaving the U.S. with a margin of maneuver it does not enjoy today. Urge Bush to return to the grandest tradition of American global leadership. The proper maxim is to cajole rather than confront, argue rather than annoy, persuade rather than provoke. Point out that none of America's key interests can be achieved without allies of weight. There is no going it alone when it comes to Iranian and North Korean nukes, Islamic terror or peace in the Middle East. Above...
...ignored by mainstream American society if one is a teen mother. According to filmmaker Joanna Lipper ’93, “the body of a pregnant teenager represents an unequivocal reality that conveys issues on economic and social levels that people would rather not confront...
Much of the resulting buzz has been about the problems that women on the path to promotion must always confront. Though women now have more chances to advance into the faculty’s highest echelon, that promise is obscured by latent discrimination and by every professional woman’s dilemma—balancing kids and a career...
...located elsewhere throughout the Sunni areas in Baghdad and to the north responded to the Fallujah offensive by taking to the streets of cities from the capital all the way up to Mosul, emerging from the shadows in groups numbering up to 50 fighters at a time to brazenly confront U.S. and Iraqi government forces in broad daylight. Within a day of pronouncing Fallujah essentially over, U.S. forces were mounting a major offensive in Mosul, aimed at returning Iraqi policemen to police stations throughout the western half of the city that had fallen into insurgent hands. And Ramadi, Samarrah, Baquba...