Enemy
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While the
enemy
weaves in and out of the tribal areas, living and interacting with the people, the US fights the war against Al Qaeda superficially through military air strikes and covert special operations.
There are a few exceptions; in Bajaur, for example, some tribesmen regard the militants as the
enemy
and are fighting back – for now.
In the years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Americans always had to be on the front line – battling the
enemy
abroad to avoid having to battle him at home, in the parlance of the time – while the European allies were perceived as the cleaning staff.
In battle, I came to pity
enemy
prisoners because I had a cause to fight for and they did not.
Such tactics are aimed at confronting an
enemy
that is armed with the most advanced weapons systems, but is vulnerable to sabotage and asymmetrical attack, even latter-day guerilla warfare.
Throughout the PLA's history, a chief tactic has always been to launch asymmetrical attacks on an
enemy'
s command and communication centers, thus obviating direct confrontations where parity in technological development would determine a clearer definition of victory and defeat.
The PLA has never been deterred or become less aggressive when confronted with an
enemy
possessing more advanced hardware.
From another perspective, Friedman was the arch-opponent and
enemy
of Keynes and his successors.
Keynes saw himself as the
enemy
of laissez-faire and an advocate of public management.
In doing so, she became an
enemy
of the state, because her work exposed the barbaric policies practiced against the displaced populations, uncovered the truth behind state actions, and called for the restoration of basic human rights.
Instead, intelligence officials viewed Myrna as an "internal enemy."
Gates added, however, that despite China’s rising defense budget, “I don’t consider China an enemy, and I think there are opportunities for continued cooperation in a number of areas.”
If America treats China as an
enemy
today, it will ensure future enmity.
America’s Saving PerilsNEW HAVEN – US politicians invariably bemoan trade as the
enemy
of the middle class, the major source of pressure on jobs and wages.
But he was not right in laying out his cards in public and emboldening the
enemy.
A troop surge that lasted up to 2010 was designed not to rout the Taliban militarily, but to strike a political deal with the
enemy
from a position of strength.
A withdrawing power that first announces a phased exit and then pursues deal-making with the
enemy
undermines its regional leverage.
An end to NATO combat operations will not mean the end of the war, because the
enemy
will target Western interests wherever they may be.
Indeed, the longer it takes to put a strategic communications framework into place, the more the vacuum will be filled by the
enemy.
While the
enemy
is skillful at manipulating the media and using the tools of communications to their advantage, we have an advantage as well: truth is on our side, and, ultimately, truth wins out.
Of course, listeners must strain to hear the voices of reformists amidst the din of those calling for resistance to the
enemy
and a return to the pure sources of Islam.
Their
enemy
is a global “corporatocracy” that has purchased governments and legislatures, created its own armed enforcers, engaged in systemic economic fraud, and plundered treasuries and ecosystems.
Russia, "the hereditary enemy," now seems far away and consumed by its domestic troubles.
Hungary, the other "hereditary enemy," is a fellow NATO ally; relations with Ukraine are nasty, but peaceful.
That would only jeopardize the operations and strengthen the
enemy.
ISIS’s brutality against its female captives was intended to humiliate the
enemy
and send a warning to anyone who did not adhere to its extremist, radical interpretation of Islam.
In his classic treatise Strategy: The Indirect Approach, B.H. Liddell Hart, reflecting on his World War I experiences, insisted on the foolhardiness of direct attacks on an entrenched
enemy.
The state then turns into a monopoly seller, and thus an
enemy
of its own society.
But the unseen
enemy
has aroused concerns – particularly among mothers of young children – that are more a matter of psychology than of science.
After being its own – and thus the world’s – worst
enemy
for centuries, Europe became a beacon of peace.
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