Word: conquered
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...stand, at least for the next phase of the game. When this battle was joined on Jan. 16, Saddam had two major assets: the ability to conquer other countries and, in his occupation of Kuwait, proof of his willingness to do so. He has already lost much of the first, and he may abandon all of the second. If so, the coalition can deprive him of a third asset, his political appeal as a martyr, by ending hostilities...
There is nothing new in the phenomenon of a single audacious individual grabbing humanity by the throat. But Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, Genghis Khan and Napoleon all started near the center of the world they set out to conquer. Not too long ago, Saddam would have been a peripheral nuisance -- a pirate or a warlord meriting the dispatch of an expeditionary force from some imperial metropole...
...only or even main cause for war, whatever the cynics say. Would the U.S. have fought to conquer the Middle Eastern oil fields if Saddam Hussein had peacefully persuaded Kuwait, Saudi Arabia et al. to restrict production enough to shoot the price up to $40 per bbl.? Get real. The central issue is aggression, and how -- make that whether -- it can be contained in the post-cold war world. And forget all the moaning about shedding blood to keep feudal autocracies in control of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. One might well wish for more appealing victims and potential victims...
Hlongwa emphasized that the apartheid government has not really made many changes in its traditional tactics of divide and conquer. He said that the government has not suddenly undergone a change of heart in its oppressive policies, but that it is merely buckling under the pressure...
Royal Hunt of the Sun, directed by Jeremy Blumenthal, depicts the adventures of the Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro and his men as they attempt to conquer 16th century Peru, subdue the Incas, procure tons of gold and use the word "pissin'" as often as possible. Unfortunately, the quagmire of prejudice, greed and indecision in which Pizarro and his men find themselves is not engaging enough to entice the audience. This production is interminable...