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The rest of the statement is replete with injunctions from the Koran, several of which refer to God deputizing the “true believers” as his regents on earth, empowering them to humiliate and defeat his “enemies,” who now include Shia Muslims, democrats, nationalists, the Muslim Brotherhood, Jews, and Christians.
Such policy positions, and others, explain why in 2010 Canada suffered a major diplomatic defeat, when its bid for a seat on the UN Security Council failed, shocking the country’s foreign-policy establishment.
To defeat the establishment parties, therefore, a new political movement would have to stand, first and foremost, for restoring public services, reviving the economy, and rebuilding trust.
With the defeat of the Clashfern amendment by 314 votes to 119, much of the bill’s original form remains intact.
The opposition’s most effective – and democratic – strategy would have been to unite behind a single candidate to run against Wade six months ago, when campaigning began, just as Chile’s two major opposition parties successfully united to defeat General Augusto Pinochet in the plebiscite of 1988.
Putin rarely talks about the problems of Russia’s twentieth-century history, once replying to a direct question about his attitude toward the events of 1917 by saying that he considered it to be “the country’s natural reaction to defeat in the First World War.”
Iran has gained increased influence in Iraq and Syria, owing to the effective military defeat of the Islamic State (ISIS) – from which it has benefited even more than Russia.
What, then, should be the top priority in the Middle East after the defeat of ISIS?
Members of NATO share much more than an alliance; we are united by ties of blood and purpose, a heritage of liberty, and a calling to confront extremists’ violence – and defeat it.
As for Brazil, many had warned before the first round of the presidential election on October 7 that only Lula could defeat Bolsonaro in a run-off.
Just as David’s ingenuity enabled him, against all odds, to defeat Goliath, Aquino’s bold and calculated leadership can succeed in bolstering stability and security throughout Asia by bringing China, perhaps against its will, into a rules-based regional order.
Its defeat, therefore, was seen as a successful Asian challenge to the West, in which China, its intellectuals felt, was represented by Japan.
David Cameron and the EU’s WaterlooPRINCETON – Two hundred years ago this month, at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat at the hands of an allied army, led by the Duke of Wellington, reshaped Europe’s future.
But the benefits of Uribe’s apparent defeat of the FARC extend far beyond Colombia.
And perhaps the biggest benefit would be the defeat of Clinton, whom Putin has plenty of reason to dislike.
Assad’s defeat would break the “axis of resistance,” choke off Hezbollah’s arms supplies, and drive a permanent wedge between Turkey and Iran.
But if the EU ever begins to offer China extensive exports of powerful and offensive weapons systems, the military power of the People’s Liberation Army would be able to defeat Taiwan’s defense forces.
It seems that good news, like Le Pen’s defeat, is barely news at all nowadays.
After all, to some extent, Le Pen’s defeat amounts to a rebuke of Trump himself.
It is very conventional short-run stabilization policy: you can find it in all of the leading textbooks...”I can understand (though I disagree with) opponents of the stimulus plan who believe that the situation is not that dire; that the government spending will be slow and wasteful (whereas properly targeted tax cuts would provide a more effective stimulus); and thus that it would have been better to defeat Obama’s stimulus bill and try again in a couple of months.
It is disastrous because it courts defeat by attacking superior forces: the 1967 Six Day War, Saddam Hussein’s challenge to the United States and his attack on Iran, Yasir Arafat’s fighting an endless battle in which he was always defeated, and so on.
But what is to a large extent a defeat in practical and military terms also can be considered a political victory.
Such a pattern is a formula for endless conflict and endless defeat.
Less than the defeat of Germany, Austria, and the Ottoman Empire, World War I meant the suicide of Europe.
Although the regime’s capacity to commit large-scale massacres has shrunk, Qaddafi’s defeat will come at a high cost in terms of human life.
Failure to recognize the political aspect of the issue will insure defeat and the continuance of a violent practice that abuses millions of women each year.
In this, it reflects dictionary definitions of “war,” which include any organized effort to “stop or defeat something that is viewed as dangerous or bad” (for example, “war on drugs”).
For, by taking the steps called for in the Nuclear Posture Review--specifically, developing "new capabilities...to defeat emerging threats," including "extensive research and timely fielding of new systems to address these challenges"--the Bush administration is lowering the threshold for the possible use of nuclear weapons by the US or other countries.
With Hitler’s defeat, it once again became part of the Russian sphere, this time of Soviet Russia.
Similarly, accepting the right of non-violent Islamists to participate in public life does not mean giving up on the political and ideological struggle to defeat ultra-conservative, and in some cases totalitarian, conceptions of society.
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