In addition to facing a shortage of weapons, the opposition is undermined by disunity.
There is disunity not only on the opium problem but on how to fight the war.
Disunity would be irrational if EU members always saw their common interests as paramount.
There is no surer sign in China of political disunity than such a persistent media campaign.
There is continuing disunity in the international effort against money laundering and terrorist financing.
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But events since have not dispelled the impression of disunity within the armed forces.
Privately officials are scathing about the disunity of opposition groups, some of which oppose any talks with the Assad government.
When staffers sense disunity it erodes confidence and can even undermine their ability to work effectively, or certainly cooperatively.
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And director general Mark Thompson said there was "no disunity" over the issue.
In Harrogate in March he was sorry for the party's disunity over Europe.
The disunity lies in the broader debate over France's place in the world.
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Afghanistan will continue to suffer from violence, disunity, corruption and governmental collapse.
With no coherent leadership, with deep disunity and no real vision for a new Syria, the opposition is fighting for an empty cause.
Moreover, attempts at unity between the parties to form a single front against Chavez have often ended in disunity and collapse of coalitions.
"We risk a double failure, " he added, pointing to political disunity among world powers and a humanitarian operation that has let down the Syrian people.
Not until they learn the lesson of disunity - as did Labour in the 1990s - will they truly get their act together, it is argued.
He played that role well on Tuesday, gently chiding his party for offering blame without solutions and reminding them of the dangers of disillusion and disunity.
In the modern global economy, overlaid by new national-security fears and today's instant and shrill political jousting, this particular transaction lit a fire of rebellion and disunity.
It has not been the case since the Fall of the Han Dynasty in 200AD, nor in the disunity of 500AD, nor will it be tolerated now.
The altercation came to a head last year when Ong and his mentor Lee and friend Goh clashed publicly and rancorously in a rare display of disunity among PAP heavyweights.
In recent memory John Major's premiership was tied in knots by euro-rebels and his party suffered a landslide defeat which owed much to the miasma of disunity which pervaded its final years.
The Reds' need to recover their form despite an injury list that includes Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres and with disunity in the squad after Ryan Babel announced be planned to leave if he did not play more games.
The question now is whether the political problems facing the American-led coalition ranging from impatience in America to war-weariness among allies, including sections of the British public, and disunity among the Afghans will pile up so fast as to cancel out any progress that the military campaign might be making.
Orszag made an opening statement in which he praised the work of the budget committees and announced a new tax-reform commission that would recommend ideas for overhauling the system by the end of this year a bit of news that would help distract from the emerging story line of Democratic disunity.
The odd thing is, this time it does not involve European Union politicians, but the journalists who cover the EU. The divide is pretty serious: the British and American press stands accused of trying to talk down all of east and central Europe, and talk up stories of splits and disunity among the 27 members.
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