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He thus validated the condemnation of Latin American leaders and lost vital military and political support even before he swore himself in.
Unwilling to go to war amongst themselves or against the enraged crowds, the military brought back the president as the only hope for restoring order.
That progress began in 2007, when a group of lawyers initiated a mass protest movement in response to an unconstitutional decision by Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s fourth military president, to suspend the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
After more than 60 years of changes in military leadership coming only after coups, the civilian-led government replaced the commander of the armed forces at the end of his term.
Given Pakistan’s history of military intervention in politics – in 1958, 1969, and 1977 – in response to popular protest, the PTI’s threat had to be viewed very seriously.
Military leaders expressed satisfaction at how the situation was handled.
It has not shrunk from bombarding Abbas’s presidential compound, attacking Fatah’s command centers, and targeting Fatah military leaders like Rashid Abu Shbak, the commander of Fatah’s internal security and many others, all of them lieutenants of the supreme Fatah military authority in the Gaza strip, Mohamed Dahlan.
The vote in the Senate authorizing military action nearly failed.
Already, Israel is India’s second-largest supplier of military technology.
In exchange for gas, defense technology, and military intelligence, Greece is now offering its airspace for Israeli air force training.
Because of the trauma of Hitler’s intention to murder all of the Jews, genocide has become the one compelling reason for military action, including armed invasion of other countries.
Military action can cause more violence, and more civilian deaths.
Loose definitions will encourage more military interventions, thus more wars.
During moments of political transition – a military victory, for example – the emperor might designate a special “era name” to help celebrate the good news.
Indeed, there have been many smaller “booms” – in consumption, foreign direct investment, domestic stock markets, trade, travel, overseas study, military modernization, and international diplomacy.
How to Target IraqIn the current debate about policy towards Iraq, two extreme alternatives are usually presented: either extend the military campaign against terrorism to Iraq, or maintain the current uneasy status quo with that country.
The military odds appear daunting.
Other options, however, do exist and a combination of them could help bring down Saddam without necessarily engaging in outright military action.
Parallel to this, and the encouragement of insurrections in Iraq's south and the north, preparations for a military option should be credibly enhanced.
The only alternative to Saddam's regime is some sort of military rule, but one less oppressive and relatively more open.
We adopted the necessary measures to provide military reassurance, and at the same time reaffirmed our political responsibility for cooperative security in Europe.
Once in office, Putin – with a military victory and a policy of reconciliation – managed to pacify Chechnya, leaving it more a feudal khanate associated with Russia than a real part of the Russian Federation.
But the problem with military rule is a tendency toward incomplete understanding of the implications of political decisions – a problem that will be aggravated further by collective leadership.
Under a North Korean collective leadership dominated by the military, the power of the country’s economic bureaucrats will be marginal, at best.
Musharraf hoped to extend his presidency this fall without caving in to opposition demands that he renounce his military position and restore a civilian rival to the post of prime minister.
Musharraf’s rule has given the military leadership a strong role in policymaking, but his eight years in office have badly damaged domestic support for the army’s influence within the government.
But a deal that makes Bhutto prime minister would undermine the military’s influence – and eventually its support for Musharraf’s presidency.
Military leaders know this, and the threat that they will eventually push him aside will plague his presidency well into next year.
The generals know that another coup would further weaken the military’s popular standing – as well as Pakistan’s relations with the US – at a moment when Bhutto and Sharif have raised expectations at home and abroad for a permanent return to civilian rule.
Musharraf’s presidency won’t survive long without military backing.
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