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  • Shoot it down and send a message that america will protect it; s ally's and to NC any missile's aimed at or over our friends is intallerable let em whine later to the U.N. Gary Rauchenecker

    Gates: U.S. ready if North Korea sends missile toward Hawaii 2009

  • When Yemen and Bahrain launched bloody attacks on peaceful protesters, the U.S. botched an opportunity to stand firm on our values against an ally's repressive actions.

    Richard Grenell: The Road to De-Mask-Us Richard Grenell 2011

  • It talked about the folly, feast, then famine caused by the public bonding process in mid evil times when the original Prince Machiavelli's stopped being hung in back ally's for loan sharking and started to rule the world.

    New stands at PGE Park will be uncomfortable (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • From Britain's pathetic and ignoble reaction to the death of our greatest ally's No.1 foe, I fear for our fortitude in the continuing war against terror.

    Britain Goes Wobbly on Terror Andrew Roberts 2011

  • So, before the new drawdown date of 2014 Biden's asterisk aside -- rather than just going away -- the U.S. has made a strategic decision to first sacrifice an ally's security and then potentially bless a deal guaranteed to ignite endless civil war.

    Michael Hughes: Afghanistan's Plea to the U.S.: 'Don't Do Us Any Favors' Michael Hughes 2011

  • By nature, Franco was an equivocator; his terms for joining the Nazi war effort were so high that Hitler was left complaining angrily of his ally's ingratitude.

    Taking A Separate Path David Pryce-Jones 2011

  • Turkish textile and other companies have built plants in Egypt to take advantage of Cairo's free trade agreement with the U.S. Similarly in Bahrain, Turkish companies, including Orta Anadolu Tekstil, a supplier of denim to companies like Levi Strauss & Co. and Gap, are their to gain from that U.S. ally's free trade agreement to ship to the U.S.

    Turkey Navigates Path Through Unrest in Mideast, North Africa Marc Champion 2011

  • MANILA—The Philippines' military Thursday said it killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted al Qaeda-linked terrorists in an airstrike that could mark one of this key U.S. ally's biggest successes against Islamist militants operating in its remote, southern islands.

    Philippine Strike Kills 3 Terrorists James Hookway 2012

  • So, before the new drawdown date of 2014 Biden's asterisk aside -- rather than just going away -- the U.S. has made a strategic decision to first sacrifice an ally's security and then potentially bless a deal guaranteed to ignite endless civil war.

    Michael Hughes: Afghanistan's Plea to the U.S.: 'Don't Do Us Any Favors' Michael Hughes 2011

  • It was launched because the key military, political and diplomatic decision-makers in Berlin had convinced themselves that time was running out in their rivalry with Russia, France and Britain, so they seized on the unfortunate assassination of an ally's kin in Sarajevo as the pretext for a conflict that would claim the lives of more than 16 million civilians and soldiers.

    Family Matters Andrew Roberts 2010

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