But war itself is never glorious, and we must never trumpet it as such.

CNN: Obama: 'Peace requires responsibility'

But war is bigger than any one man or woman, whether a private, a general, or a president.

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But war that began with widespread approval in 2001 is now increasingly unpopular in Europe and the United States.

CNN: Obama signals Afghan war's next chapter

But war planners must also ask, What if this unit encounters significant resistance?

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Impressive, to be sure, but war always involves uncertainties and four big ones can be found in America's battle plan itself.

ECONOMIST: How to analyse the battle

Not only are ill-governed countries more prone to war, but war tends to destroy much of what is left of the state.

ECONOMIST: Good news from Sudan and Senegal; disappointment in Uganda

But war remains an everyday horror elsewhere, and the specter of more mass killing haunts even the calm redoubts of North America.

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But war in Syria makes that unlikely for the time being.

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She has known nothing but war since elementary school.

CNN: Horrors rampant in city 'full of sorrow'

But war fatigue, an inclination for moderation after the excesses of the Taliban, and an understanding that no one group can govern the country alone could very well combine to make the constitution popular.

ECONOMIST: The face of the new Afghanistan starts to take shape

"The injuries are war-related injuries, but war is experienced at a great distance from your family and support system, " said Terence Keane, director of the VA's National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Boston.

WSJ: First Responders Seek Out Counseling as Attitudes Shift

Our men and women in uniform have made us safer and more secure, and we were eternally grateful to them, but war and suffering and hardship still remain in too many corners of the globe.

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But war doesn't have to be inevitable.

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But war is not yet inevitable.

ECONOMIST: Somalia and Ethiopia

It is not a two war military, but a war in one place and bit of a nuisance elsewhere military.

BBC: Re-ordering of priorities in new US defence strategy

But the war in Lebanon was really along the lines of privilege, not piety.

NPR: The Roots of the Sunni, Shiite Conflict

At one time, Erdogan and al-Assad had close ties, but the war has made them antagonists.

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We're making real progress against MRSA but the war against another infection, C-difficile, must be intensified.

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But a war-weary American public has been slow to embrace many of the efforts.

NPR: Commander: Contingency Plans Under Way For Syria

But with war, repression and economic collapse, push factors are much stronger in the poor world.

ECONOMIST: Developing countries attract migrants too

But the war was being conducted in every single village in the Southern Sudan.

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But as war broke out in 1939 and rationing took hold, the lunch was forced to evolve.

BBC: Breakfast, lunch and dinner: Have we always eaten them?

The latest Satellite Wars battle goes against it, but the war over the pending DirecTV merger continues.

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They were madly in love and eager to start their new life, but the war had plans of its own.

CNN: Mystery surrounds missing World War II love letters

But as war has engulfed the country, security resources normally allocated for protecting monuments have been redeployed to the battlefield.

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But when war broke out Michael left college to join the Army, only to get wounded and return home a hero.

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The portion of seats sold dipped in late March, from 75% to 65%, but the war hasn't hurt all that much.

FORBES: Even during wartime, a Middle Eastern airline thrived.

The real test for Mr Kukes is whether he can win not the battle for Chernogorneft, but the war for respectability.

ECONOMIST: Face value

But World War I broke out soon afterward, and some of his closest friends left their studios to fight the enemy in France.

WSJ: Masterpiece: Jacob Epstein's Prophesy

But the war was not waged to topple him, the announced goal of the war was to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction.

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