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Afghanistan also turned out to be harder to control than to conquer. In the summer of 2006, fresh contingents of U.S. and British troops had to be deployed to reassert the authority of the democratic government in Kabul over outlying areas like Helmand. Whereas in Iraq the capital city was the main conflict zone, in Afghanistan the capital city was the only place under any kind of control...
Segway Seeks to Conquer...
...Middle East, it’s easy to pass judgment on a violent foreign culture. We’ve conveniently forgotten how our own country was preserved.Back in the American 1860s, two irreconcilable factions shot at each other and blew each other up until one faction managed to conquer the other.Brutal violence, occupation, and submission kept the United States together, not some diplomatic solution. If Iraq follows our example, fighting will continue until one group subdues the rest. If they resolve their conflicts peacefully, they will have accomplished something the United States could not do. Half a million died...
...show sends up the usual Tinseltown types, but Kightlinger thoroughly rounds out Jackie, giving her the kind of drawling feminist sarcasm rarely seen since Roseanne left sitcomdom. Cynical yet principled, bitter but still ambitious, Jackie wants to conquer Hollywood yet not be of it. (She refuses, for instance, to drive.) She's the kind of tough, tart 21st century broad you would expect to idolize a '30s Derby queen: she's armed with a Billy Wilder wit and unafraid to throw elbows. And it's refreshing to see a sitcom about a woman past her 20s who is obsessed with...
Nonetheless, more Arab businesses are breaking out of the bazaar, using know-how gained from negotiating the Middle East or simply leveraging the financial power provided by the current oil-revenue bonanza to conquer markets far from home. Whether they sell traditional carpets and inlaid furniture or deal in mega real estate developments and cell-phone services, Arabs are moving their wares across the Middle East and throughout the world. "There is no escaping it," says Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohammed Rachid, a former Unilever executive and a leading Arab voice for globalization. "We have to make...