But nobody disputes the fact that demoralisation and degradation of the police force are now threatening not just anarchy but even, in some regions, civil conflict.

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Above all else, the GOP failed to run on the issue that resonated most effectively, not only with their own base but with independent voters and even some Democrats: the grave nature of the conflict we are in, and the extent to which the Democratic Party and its senior officials cannot be trusted to manage it.

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Some in America fret that in backing Taiwan, the United States risks being dragged into conflict, even nuclear war.

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