But there is also a hint here of a last stand, with the General again being put in the unenviable position of having to turn the tide of a failing war.
And we saw it all before just a few years ago in Bosnia for four long years until NATO acted, combining with the resistance of Bosnians and Croatians to bring the Dayton peace agreement and to turn the tide of ethnic cleansing there.
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All these warn against assuming that the Middle East will be stable in coming years, or that Israel's concessions in the West Bank and Gaza can turn the tide of radical Islam.
Repeatedly the respect and loyalty that Dr Williams earned, was able to turn the tide of opinion.
Most of these 40 battalions are controlling their own battle space, and conducting their own operations against the terrorists with some coalition support and they're helping to turn the tide of this struggle in freedom's favor.
Best-case scenario is thousands of blacks would form regiments, help to achieve a major military victory, turn the tide of public opinion in the north, and help get Lincoln reelected.
And of course, many are placing high hopes on what the participation of women will do to turn the tide in the recession.
Leinster threw on Contepomi in an attempt to turn the tide of the game but the effect was minimal.
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There is enormous potential in the UN Plan of Action in bringing the full weight of the UN to bear on the challenges, and in being a point of reference for others who share the concern to turn the tide.
By the end of the episode, the tide is beginning to turn when a row about washing nears epic proportions.
Enlisting the support of Mr McCain is a clever attempt to turn the tide, on several levels.
We can defeat al Qaeda, and the events of recent months give us an opportunity to turn the tide on their terror once and for all.
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If we want the tide to turn and the ratio of men to women to really change then we need to start making women realize that fact.
The tide of protest may now be starting to turn.
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"We can turn the tide, I don't think to get rid of Rafa now is the answer, " Aldridge told Sky Sports.
Scotland will become the first place in the UK to introduce minimum drink pricing and the coalition government has proposed a minimum price of 40p per unit of alcohol in England and Wales in an effort to "turn the tide" against binge drinking.
If the surge in troops is to work, if the government writ is to run across the country, if Nato is to ever have a chance of leaving Afghanistan with dignity, then the troops out on the ground must turn the tide against the insurgency in Helmand.
He was there again this week, struggling to turn back a Conservative tide which has engulfed a swathe of small cities and rural areas across the centre of the province, from the outskirts of Ottawa in the east to Niagara Falls in the south and the university town of London in the west.
So, yes, absolutely, that world climate against terrorism--well, people stopped seeing the point of terrorism or stopped seeing that there was any justification for it--certainly helped turn that tide.
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