David Petraeus, is scheduled this week to update Congress on the military situation in Iraq.
It is also important to recognize the difference in the military situation between 1991 and 2003.
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His remarks reflect the complexity of the political and military situation in that region.
But after that the military situation subsided into stalemate, with neither side showing aggressive intent.
So the military situation, as the Americans see it, is hopeful but fluid.
They point out that an Israeli unit, pushing its way violently into a Palestinian city or town, could become embroiled in a tight military situation.
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The first reason is that the military situation hardly merits panic.
What remains of his air force has been used for limited harassment, so the imposition of a no-fly zone would not change the military situation on the ground.
The Rwandan government, for its part, is satisfied with a military situation that gives it de facto control over almost half the country and enables it to pursue the Rwandan militiamen responsible for the 1994 genocide.
Understandably the President focused more on the military situation than on the economics, but it was heartening to hear him say that Iraq will be enacting legislation to share its oil wealth with each Iraqi citizen.
Unless this trend is reversed and strong leadership is enacted, the United States will again find themselves in a military situation much like Secretary Lehman did when he took over the Navy, underfunded, undersized, and out-of-date.
Recognizing that Iraq never should have been invaded in the first place, Obama focused on stabilizing the military situation sufficiently to facilitate an early U.S. withdrawal while doubling down in Afghanistan where the decade-long crisis had begun.
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Speaking afterwards Blair said aid was now going in to Afghanistan at a far greater rate than ever before and that food was being delivered to the people who most needed it, as a result of the changing military situation.
Responding to Lord Lee's original question about the government's assessment of the military situation in Afghanistan, Lord Astor of Hever told peers that Defence Secretary Liam Fox had reported a "clear sense of progress" following a recent visit to the country.
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The U.S. military considers the security situation stable, Rear Adm.
We can have hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground for 100 years, but that will not change the fact that there is no military solution to the situation in Iraq.
Ms. MARINA OTTAWAY (Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace): I don't think very much because there is agreement that there cannot be a military solution or a purely military solution to the situation in Iraq.
We're never going to manage the situation through military or security measures alone, there has to be a political process and I think if one does come together then I think those divisions, that have obviously been apparent in the last few months, can be healed.
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Islamic extremists carved out a large portion of the north last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup.
Islamic extremists carved out a large portion of northern Mali last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup.
Several press reports note the aptness of the opera's military theme, given the situation in Chechnya and the UK Government's problems in Northern Ireland.
Islamic extremists with links to al Qaeda carved out a large portion of northern Mali last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup in March 2012.
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The Islamic extremists carved out a large portion in northern Mali last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup by the separatist party MNLA. They banned music, smoking, drinking and watching sports on television.
Islamist extremists carved out a large haven in northern Mali last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup by the separatist party MNLA. The militants banned music, smoking, drinking and watching sports on television.
The Islamic extremists carved out a large haven in northern Mali last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup by the separatist party MNLA. They banned music, smoking, drinking and watching sports on television.
The Islamic extremists carved out a large haven in northern Mali last year, taking advantage of a chaotic situation after a military coup by the separatist party MNLA. The militants banned music, smoking, drinking and watching sports on television.
Actually, the issue is really the conduct of operations against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, but Benson and Weber (who declined to speak with the War Games blog) depict a convoluted situation where the military intervenes in South Carolina using techniques honed by hunting Taliban, while still trying to remain within the law.
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In the past whenever there has been civil unrest in Pakistan, the military has managed to control the situation.
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