For its part, the White House pronounced itself "baffled" that a man of Murtha's record would turn against the war, comparing his new views to those of controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore.

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"The danger is that this will turn Russia against the entire post-Cold War settlement with the new countries, with democratization, with demilitarization, " Mandelbaum said.

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If the eurozone does turn the current jaw-jaw into a war-war against the weakness of banks' balance sheets, how much capital would European banks be forced to raise - and which big banks would be forced to raise the most?

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