France was right on this key strategic point, but it was never able to explain its position to its allies.

The key criterion by which its allies and partners should judge Russia is predictability, and, in this respect, Russia is increasingly falling short.

But a key condition for a smooth redeployment of US troops is close consultations by America with its allies, something it has not done well up to now.

Of course, stability requires agreement between the two key actors and there are sure to be plenty of opponents and allies trying to stir up trouble between them.

The organization which claims one million members is guilty of horrific acts of violence that continue unabated, including the recent beheading of the son of one of Kibaki s key allies.

Arms or Allies?

Paradoxes abound, as the United States s traditional Middle East allies (Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey, Egypt, and the Gulf states) have taken opposing and sometimes seemingly contradictory positions on the region s key conflicts.

America s Bickering Asian Allies

Do not take the Jews and the Christians for allies they are allies of each other . Any of you who allies with them is indeed one of them .

Do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies some of them are allies of one another . Whoever of you allies himself with them is one of them .

Following the appointment of French officers to a number of key NATO posts, France can, along with the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and a few other NATO allies, begin to implement much needed reforms.

America s Islamist Allies of Convenience

Allies like the imam, allies like the father who now writes songs for a lesbian group in Croatia, allies like the policeman who honored a taboo and backed away, allies like my father, who couldn't help his sister but has helped three daughters pursue their dreams.

In 1915 it joined the Allies.

Prussian troops played a key part in the victories of the allies in 1813 and 1814, and the King himself travelled with the main army of Prince Schwarzenberg, along with Alexander of Russia and Francis of Austria.

These Palestinians are Middle Israel s natural allies.

Dokubu s allies have responded with new attacks.

NATO allies could make a similar statement.

Callaghan was told there were three possible outcomes a disastrous free fall in sterling, an internationally unacceptable siege economy, or a deal with key allies to prop up the pound while painful economic reforms were put in place.

But the Allies wouldn t negotiate with the Kaiser.

Yet America s European allies administered Obama s first setback.

All are long time allies of the US.

Both have Sunni and Shia members and allies.

There were Acadians, however, that were not allies.

But no group has provoked government ire like the Kikuyu Mungiki. The organization which claims one million members is guilty of horrific acts of violence that continue unabated, including the recent beheading of the son of one of Kibaki s key allies.

While ensuring that their Alawite allies filled key positions in the military and intelligence services helped the Assads to retain their grip on the country, it was a strategy that widened and reinforced the Sunni Shia rift among the population.

Lately, political battles among key actors have not been about how to build a more effective of representative political system or a more equitable, dynamic economy, but about how to maintain control of accumulated power or distribute it among their allies.

If Xerxes wanted to trap the Allies completely, this maneuver would have made sense (especially if he was not expecting the Allies to fight).

In other words, Hamas s allies are the regimes enemies.

Moreover, China fears that Hong Kong, with a population of less than eight million, might present a systemic problem as an alternative form of government, even though many Communists and their allies hold key positions in Hong Kong s private and public sectors.

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Into this fray stepped the US and its Western allies.

Likewise, delegating security to allies can have perverse psychological effects.

Naturally, these allies feel that their efforts are under valued.

Its only allies in the region are Syria and Hezbollah.

The Wahhabi nomads and their allies are our true enemies...

Forces from the Allies attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands.

Several United States allies also maintained multiple treaties with Afghanistan.

The second key figure was West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who rushed into the opened breach, overriding his Allies caution, while the third actor was the East German people, who rushed into the streets, regardless of the risks, to demonstrate and push reunification forward.

Empowering the Iranian people means weakening Khamenei and his military allies.

It is not clear who are allies and who are not.

On the contrary, many of them are ostensibly America s close allies.

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Key challenges