Word: terrain
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...logistical experience gained in the Afghan war of 1979-89; indeed, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan turns out to have been one of those events that unexpectedly changes the world. It hastened the demise of the Soviet Union, as poorly trained young Soviet troops got massacred in hostile terrain. It convinced American policymakers, who supported the Afghan resistance, that the U.S. could wage war by proxy, spending treasure but no American blood. And most important, it armed and radicalized a generation of extremists--bin Laden among them--who flocked to Afghanistan from all over the world and who now assist...
...eliminate as much as possible of his command structure and "army." Both objectives would be difficult to realize from the air, and Rumsfeld hinted at the likelihood of some form of special forces deployment. Even then, Bin Laden's men are believed to be widely dispersed in hostile terrain, and the likelihood of fierce Afghan resistance and the country's hard-earned reputation as a graveyard for foreign armies makes a full-blown invasion an unlikely option...
...against an otherworldly terrain of rubble and soot, a pedestrian-cluttered Wall Street seemed more like the hub of an authoritarian state than the financial capital of the world...
...fire. It could come in the form of a farm animal. Many landowners have resorted to renting power-grazing goats to devour weeds and underbrush, thus improving soil quality and cutting down the risk of devastating brush fires. The nimble animals easily get into rocky, hilly and heavily forested terrain that machines can't navigate. And as a bonus, they'll even leave behind a hearty supply of "fertilizer...
...butts littering the trails and initials carved in trees half a millennium old, I saw mankind's fingerprints everywhere on a recent trip back home. Our environment is being irreparably damaged. The decision on whether or not to open up a pristine natural area to loggers, drillers or all-terrain-vehicle drivers should be a no-brainer. MARK K. HINSHAW III Plano, Texas