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Pakistani reactions were a curious mixture, ranging from dismissive declarations (backed by orchestrated bus tours of journalists to selected parts of the LoC) that no surgical strikes had even occurred, to angry statements declaring that irresponsible Indian firing across the LoC had killed two Pakistani soldiers.
Americans know that a million refugees have fled Iraq; the Oscar-nominated documentary Five Broken Cameras and other media have shown how the United States contributes to the brutalization of Palestinians – a major driver of “jihad,” or what the US State Department calls “extremism”;US soldiers have repeatedly been implicated in war crimes; and Jeremy Scahill’s book Dirty Wars, which details targeted assassinations by the US around the world, has hit bookstores.
Even if one subtracts the votes cast by Russian soldiers (5% of the total), most of those who participated in the vote supported keeping Chechnya in Russia.
But, in that case, how can he ask US soldiers to put their lives in danger in Mosul or Kandahar?
China fears that if the North’s abandonment of its nuclear weapons led to eventual Korean reunification, US soldiers – of which there are now 28,500 in South Korea – would arrive at its doorstep.
The images of US soldiers battling in Iraq have been supplemented by images of America’s military delivering relief to disaster victims.
Another positive consequence is the demonstrated effect of counter-terrorism operations carried out by US soldiers.
If things do not change, the sort of independent military operation carried out by US soldiers will become less the exception than the rule.
But by claiming to be soldiers at war with the world’s biggest military power, they gain sympathy, as well as recruits, among the radical losers and the disaffected.
We the soldiers and policemen who backed her were reinforced by Cory's steel core of values and principles.
Now Joschka Fischer sports elegant three-piece suits, lays wreaths at the tombs of unknown soldiers and, as foreign minister, represents Germany to the world.
Besides the general devastation that modern warfare brings, impoverished and angry Russian soldiers were wreaking havoc on civilians by stealing belongings left behind and raping women.
The men and women stationed there – and, indeed, all US soldiers in the Asia-Pacific region – have been working to secure regional stability for much of the last century.
Engaging with US soldiers participating in Pacific Pathways exercises in Hawaii, Malaysia, and Alaska, I saw firsthand how these efforts advance regional security.
In Hawaii, American and Singaporean soldiers participated in their 36th year of joint exercises.
From the newest privates to the most experienced generals, US soldiers have developed strong ties with their counterparts and deep pride in their shared security mission.
In this sense, these soldiers are also serving as important ambassadors in the region.
We know that we must continue working to sustain and strengthen our engagement in the Pacific, even as US soldiers continue to carry out diverse and demanding missions in other parts of the world.
At Camp Casey in South Korea, I had lunch with soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division, who had trained for nine months at Fort Hood, Texas, before embarking on a nine-month rotation to the peninsula.
That is why, for example, soldiers have been learning to fight in formation with robots in Hawaii, and we have engaged in bilateral training with unmanned aerial systems in Malaysia.
One deploys soldiers to the fight against terrorism; another provides critical energy supplies or access to raw materials.
The guerrillas are led to the wall, and, just as the soldiers are raising their guns to their shoulders, one insurgent shouts, “Down with liberty!”
In Europe where US reticence had blocked the Bosnia peace-plan negotiated by the Europeans, Washington fell in line, investing its power, and even its soldiers to secure the Dayton Accords.
But the country’s 2.3 million soldiers have little to cheer about.
Russians soldiers in Grozny, Sukhumi, and Dushanbe are not only fighting the indigenous peoples of Russia’s periphery.
Many British bomber pilots died, of course, but many more soldiers would have died in a ground invasion.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari proclaims that the war on terror is Pakistan’s war too, and that the country has paid a high price in waging it – not only the thousands of Pakistani soldiers and policemen killed, but also in terms of social progress foregone.
Though serious, the charges against him – recruiting child soldiers – do not pretend to encompass the range of abuses committed.
This was the model followed in the case of US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 fellow soldiers in Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, and by Roshonara Choudhary, who stabbed the British MP Stephen Timms in 2010.
With the decision of its member states to send several thousand soldiers to Lebanon to implement the UN cease-fire resolution 1701, the European Union has taken the most significant decision yet within its Neighborhood Policy.
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