But what if this salutary caution turns into an unwillingness to use force at all, even when it is called for by the national interest or on humanitarian grounds?

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It is not exactly that Chavez condemned Israel for using "excessive force" or called for an "immediate cease- fire".

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Parliamentary opposition, such as it is, will come from two sources, the National Democratic Force (NDF) and the so-called ethnic parties, 17 of which won at least one seat, representing Myanmar's diverse ethnic patchwork.

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