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  • Its strategic location and lush natural resources has to the war-weary Georgians' dismay made it a target for countless invasions.

    Rick Steves: Georgia: The Ultimate European Back Door Rick Steves 2011

  • All parties in Northern Ireland were war-weary, plus Sinn Fein/IRA could credibly deliver on a ceasefire and disarmament.

    Matthew Yglesias » George Mitchell? 2009

  • Iraq's leaders are torn between the nation's shaky security and its war-weary public in deciding whether U.S. forces should leave by Dec. 31.

    Iraq negotiating U.S. troop presence 2011

  • Tuesday's strike was the latest in a decadelong series of errant attacks that have undermined U.S. attempts to win support from war-weary Afghans.

    Coalition Apologizes for Deaths of Afghan Children Dion Nissenbaum 2011

  • But polls show Americans increasingly war-weary—particularly after bin Laden's death—and, with the federal deficit ballooning, wary of the cost of engagement.

    Obama to Unveil Plan for Troop Drawdown Adam Entous 2011

  • Iraq's leaders are torn between the nation's shaky security and its war-weary public in deciding whether U.S. forces should leave by Dec. 31.

    Iraq negotiating U.S. troop presence 2011

  • Transport ships had just deposited another six thousand war-weary troops from overseas at East and West Coast ports, the services promising to beat deadlines for processing them out of uniform.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Transport ships had just deposited another six thousand war-weary troops from overseas at East and West Coast ports, the services promising to beat deadlines for processing them out of uniform.

    Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011

  • Iraq's leaders are torn between the nation's shaky security and its war-weary public in deciding whether U.S. forces should leave by Dec. 31.

    Roadside bombs kill 9 people in western Iraq 2011

  • We appreciate that the U.S. public is war-weary, and that even some of the GOP Presidential candidates are beginning to sound retreat.

    Obama's Afghan Choice 2011

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