"We come here to talk not as adversaries in disagreement but as friends in discussion, " he said.
But we typically see the consequences of not making adversaries feel good about themselves only when this trait is missing.
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The key for them is to simply not engage their adversaries in a never-ending shootout.
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This plus Mr. Obama's willingness to embrace America's adversaries will not make for successful foreign policy.
But the notion that we must be adversaries is not predestined -- not when we consider the past.
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Fortunately, sophisticated adversaries are not what we face today, and so the current operational environment affords maximum latitude for employing unmanned aircraft.
Once I understood that the insurance company and I were natural adversaries, not friends, it helped me feel less victimized and more empowered.
But we go forward with confidence because we have something that our adversaries do not -- we have a commitment to seek a future of justice and peace and opportunity for the Afghan people.
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The United States ended the cold war and brought stability to Western Europe because it understood that peace must be based on dealing effectively with the military capabilities of former adversaries and not on changes in intentions alone.
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The U.S. deterrent must be both visible and credible, not only to our possible adversaries, but to our allies as well.
U.S. national security strategy and defense planning recognized that the balance of forces in regions of interest would not remain static and that prospective adversaries would acquire advanced capabilities over time.
The secretiveness stems from the belief that a populist intelligence operation with virtually no resources, designed to publicize information that powerful institutions do not want public, will have serious adversaries.
President Hollande said "heavy losses" had been inflicted on France's adversaries "but our mission is not over yet".
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This glaring hole in U.S. defenses is a liability that America's adversaries will surely exploit if it is not corrected.
It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Another contributor was the expansion of international peacekeeping forces, which really do keep the peace not always, but far more often than when adversaries are left to fight to the bitter end.
Even if corrosion, metal fatigue and parts obsolescence were not taking a toll on the planes, potential adversaries are buying better and better air defenses that will make it harder for the bombers to reach their targets in future wars.
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But as we go forward, let us remember this-our adversaries are those who would attack our country, not our fellow Americans, not each other.
It's not only about war, but about how people can develop from adversaries to become friends.
Even if America really were as powerful as its cultural adversaries imagine, the commonly suggested solution of protection would not be the answer.
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