Word: pursuits
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...present unstable, but not decisively so, equilibrium. In what respected strategic analyst Anthony Cordesman describes as an admission of policy failure, the Bush administration this week began reallocating some of the $18 billion earmarked for long-term reconstruction of Iraq to immediate security priorities. That's in pursuit of a strategy based on turning most of the responsibility for day-to-day security in Iraq over to newly-minted Iraqi forces, and establishing the legitimacy of the U.S.-appointed government of Iyad Allawi by holding elections on schedule. But it's far from clear, thus far, that Iraqi forces will...
...become an exit strategy and Washington is intimately aware of the danger of civil war, then presumably it knows better than to rely for stability only on the unknown quantity that is the Iraqi security forces. That's why reports of discreet talks between the U.S. and Syria in pursuit of cooperation on securing Iraq's borders may portend a new U.S. effort to stabilize Iraq on the basis of political and security agreements with its neighbors. The chances of avoiding a civil war, and achieving some form of stability, will be greatly enhanced if a new political arrangement...
With the score knotted at zero and the Crimson offense stumbling out of the gate, linebacker Matt Thomas wrapped up Holy Cross quarterback John O’Neil mid-release, sending the ball high and well off-target—and Williamson backpedaling in pursuit...
Blame a lot of that pursuit on senior linebacker Bobby Everett. Last year, Everett made opponents pay for focusing their coverage on the more-heralded Balestracci. And Saturday he seemed to be everywhere at once, driving a scrambling O’Neil out of bounds or lunging over sprawled offensive linemen to recover that Williamson-induced fumble...
...great pursuit from our linebackers and defensive line, and the quarterback didn’t really have any options,” said Williamson, who also forced one of four Holy Cross fumbles...