Though opinion polls have shown most Palestinians to be war-weary and keen for reconciliation with Israel, they also show that a majority think that violence has so far achieved more than negotiations.

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Iran does not believe it will be attacked because American forces are war-weary after Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The long-promised road map for Israeli-Palestinian peace, which Syria condemns as inadequate, is likely to be endorsed by the rest of the war-weary region.

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Mr Romney would take a more hawkish line abroad, with more criticism of enemies and more buttering-up of old allies, though a war-weary America would be no more likely to get involved in new conflicts.

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It will be more remarkable still if the Republicans, amid a war-weary public, go along with the illusion.

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