The United States of America was itself built on the decimation of an entire people.

This momentous shift reflects the decimation of the FARC following long years of struggle, the resilience of Colombian society, and, perhaps most important, Santos s brilliant regional policy.

Violence decreased most significantly with the disbanding of the right wing paramilitaries, and with the decimation in battle of the left wing FARC guerillas and the decapitation of its leadership.

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Consequently, Bosnia and Herzegovina is facing the dangerous prospect of the forcible dismantling of its multi ethnic, multicultural and multireligious society, the brutal decimation of its people and the gradual diminution of an independent and sovereign State Member of the United Nations.

In the tragedy that has engulfed Bosnia and Herzegovina, the international community is faced with the abysmally disturbing prospect of the forcible dismantling of a multi ethnic, multi cultural and multi religious society, the brutal decimation of its people and the gradual diminution of the territory of an independent and sovereign Member State of the United Nations.