And Western Europe needed a U.S. presence against the Soviet Union from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War.
The US nuclear monopoly at the end of World War II allowed it to defeat Imperial Japan and bring the war to an end in allied victory.
With the Iraq War set to end soon and the Afghanistan War entering its second decade following the death of Osama bin Laden, this may be the biggest and most important Veterans Day for our community ever.
And the President looks forward tomorrow to thanking the troops, thanking those who served, and discussing what that sacrifice that Americans have made means now, as the Iraq war comes to an end -- which is, as you know, what the President promised he would do when he was running for President, which was to end this war responsibly.
Earlier Monday, Obama told the dozens of heads of state in attendance that the goal is to "responsibly bring this war to an end" in the next 19 months.
One of the stories about war that has always haunted me is that of World War I soldiers fighting and dying as the clock ticked down to the war's end.
Majority Democrats in Congress are unable to muster enough votes to force an end to the war.
To put an end to Cold War thinking, we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy, and urge others to do the same.
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Administration officials and congressional supporters of the proposed detainee transfer deal say Mr. Obama is taking a chance on negotiations to try to bring an end to the war.
Senator BARACK OBAMA (Democrat, Illinois): We are going to bring an end to this war and I will fight now in the United States Senate to make sure that we don't pass any funding bill that does not have a deadline to start bringing our troops out and a deadline to start bringing our troops home.
Of most importance to the global economy, though, will be whether the end of the war also marks an end to the months of uncertainty which have hampered economic recovery.
His optimistic tone has been echoed by the five rebel commanders who have gone with him to Sweden to negotiate but Mr Ricardo warned that an end to war was not something that could be achieved in a matter of days.
NGOs are taking over directly from diplomats: not attempting to help the victims of war, but to end the wars themselves.
It is under this pressure that farmers' leaders have petitioned the president and begun their third legal process to order him, the chief of police and the leader of the war veterans to end the occupations.
The President will speak about the enormous sacrifices and achievements of the brave Americans who served in the Iraq war, and he will speak about the extraordinary milestone of bringing the war in Iraq to an end.
That is, far from cruel, they are civilizing, designed to end war more quickly, with less carnage.
We must learn to end war and protect life, to seek justice and find mercy, to help others and embrace compassion.
Just as there has never been a war to end all wars, there has yet to be an economic theory that can end all serious instability.
But Democratic sources say that's the least likely scenario, because so many Democrats want the war to end now and feel they public opinion on their side.
Babrak Babarkhale, a former journalist and Mujahadeen fighter in the war to end Soviet occupation in the 1980s, said he planned to vote for Abdullah because he was fed up with corruption.
John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004, announced Wednesday that he will skip a second run for the White House to concentrate on bringing the war in Iraq to an end.
This has been suspended for the past year, principally because the Irish Republican Army (IRA) refused to announce a definitive end to its long war against British rule in Northern Ireland (see table below).
They want to stop the slaughter, they want to put an end to the violence and war, they want to give their children and grandchildren the chance to lead a normal life.
The economic aid to Iraq started in 1983, and by the end of the war amounted to more than a billion dollars.
At the same time, they don't want to be seen as signing on to a huge and almost open end to commitment to the war.
One-third support all wars (that was the share that backed the Vietnam war to the end).
George Bush met Mr dos Santos this week and urged him to end the war.
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The Biden plan to end the war in Iraq has already won bipartisan support.
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