But we forgot that bringing an all-volunteer force into a protracted war hasn't happened since the American Revolution.
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In the spring of 2003 Shinseki chose, however, not to engage in a protracted war of words with Rumsfeld.
Simply put, protracted war in Syria is a core concern to Turkish sovereignty.
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Somali troops have been fighting a protracted war with the al-Shabaab Islamic militia, which looked poised just a few years ago to take power.
We are still fighting a protracted war overseas we cannot win.
The U.S., which has failed to "reset" its relations with Russia after repeated attempts, is seeking the Kremlin's help in ending the protracted war in Syria.
The formal investigation into Pamela's death was buried, first by the perpetrators, then the Chinese and British authorities and lastly in the chaos of a protracted war.
The U.S. has lately been seeking the Kremlin's help in ending Syria's protracted war, a bid that was frustrated when the Kremlin announced a few days after Mr. Kerry's departure that it would go ahead with the sales of advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Syria.
The U.S. is seeking the Kremlin's help in ending the protracted war in Syria, a bid that was frustrated when the Kremlin announced a few days after Mr. Kerry's departure that it would go ahead with the sales of advanced antiaircraft missiles to Syria.
Could Clausewitz have defined the 50 year protracted Cold War which entailed the largest arms build up ever?
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Chadian President Idriss Deby announced his forces would not be sticking around for a protracted guerrilla war with the radical Islamic insurgents.
In addition, the Soviet Union has constructed extensive deep underground shelters, designed to permit their senior political and military cadres to survive and conduct protracted nuclear war.
On energy, he supports a "cap-and-trade" system to limit greenhouse gas emissions, but the details of that system will provide fodder for a major--and possibly protracted--lobbying war during the next Congress.
If the war on terrorism is protracted and intense, as the president predicts, this information should be vital to long-term investors, advocates say.
We won't experience all the fears of the 20th century like war, dangerous inflation or protracted down cycles.
MyTravel, based in Greater Manchester, is struggling in the face of a protracted travel sector downturn triggered by the war in Iraq and the Sars outbreak.
The war council meeting, usually a protracted affair, was brief.
The Israeli experience in 2006 was due primarily to a loss of traditional war-waging skills as a consequence of the protracted stability operation that the Israeli military had conducted in the Palestinian territory and the failure to recognize the need for a more traditional joint combined arms fire and maneuver approach.
The history of warfare shows that while demonization can build and maintain alliances and coalitions, and is important to maintain national unity in a protracted conflict, it can inadvertently aid the enemy's own war aims.
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