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...never managed to retreat. He couldn't restart the diplomatic process without fighting a civil war against Hamas and even the militants of his own organization, and even if he had found the political will to pursue that course, it was doubtful whether he had the political authority to prevail. Arafat had become a prisoner not only of the Israelis, but also of his own contradictory strategy. The battered compound in Ramallah from which he watched history pass him by will now literally become his tomb...
...opinion of 60 million people that the Republican vision for America should prevail. Our nation watched a grueling campaign, weighed the issues and went to the polls in record numbers. They told the world they had faith in our president, they told our president to continue fighting the good fight, and most of all, they told the Democrats they were wrong in their assumptions about America...
...epicenter of the resistance that has bedeviled U.S. efforts to smooth the transition to Iraqi self-rule on terms set out by Washington and its allies. Not only has insurgent Fallujah become a symbol that allows young Iraqis to believe in the possibility that violent resistance can prevail and therefore encourages some to join the insurgency; U.S. commanders also believe it is the headquarters of the Tawhid and Jihad organization of the Jordanian fugitive Musab al-Zarqawi, which has claimed responsibility for numerous terror attacks and gruesome beheadings in Iraq and which is recently reported to have aligned itself with...
...counted,” Kerry said, alluding to ballots still waiting to be tallied in several states. “But the outcome should be decided by voters, not a protracted legal process. I would not give up this fight if there was a chance that we would prevail...
Conventional wisdom holds that if most states go just as they did in 2000, the 2004 winner must take two of these three: Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio. But Bush could take one and win by snagging Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa; Kerry cou prevail by taking one plus Colorado and New Hampshire...