Word: wars
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Humor aside, McCain spent most of his time at the Forum explaining his stances on issues, particularly defense and foreign affairs. He promised to reform the U.S. military to make it viable in the "post-Cold War world...
McCain's foreign policy--which would hopefully be led by Gen. Colin Powell as secretary of state, he said--would "cut down on deployments" around the world. At the same time, he would share missile defense technologies with Russia, despite that nation's controversial war with Chechen separatists...
Born in 1922, Tudjman grew up to be a supporter of the Croatian Peasants' Party--a moderate leftist party concerned with the poverty of people living in the rural parts of Croatia. As World War II struck and a minority of Croatians supported the puppet state erected by the Nazis, Tudjman chose to battle the fascists instead. He joined the Yugoslav Partisans and fought in the war on the side of the Allies. Thus, in Tudjman's death, Europe has lost its last leader who actively fought against fascism...
...elected president, he declared Croatia's independence. The following year, Croatia was internationally recognized. The Croatian will for independence, of which Tudjman became the embodiment, was answered with violence. The Yugoslav People's Army and Serb paramilitary forces attacked Croatian citizens first hesitantly and then in a more open war. Croatia simultaneously faced open aggression and the tasks of political maturation. Tudjman took on both these major challenges to the newborn nation...
...other hand, Tudjman was willing to negotiate and to uphold a dialogue. Consequently, he prevented an all-out war, which would have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths on all sides and could have led to the destruction of the country...