They already had all the necessary elements for a civil war. The international community has appealed to both sides for a peaceful settlement of their disputes.

他们之间已经具有发生内战的所有要素。国际社会已向双方呼吁，希望他们和平解决争端。

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Is Jia introducing fictional elements to reflect on the way that Factory 420 itself was a kind of spy-movie operation, a secret society within the narrative of the Cold War?

是贾为了反映420是一个像电影里的间谍行动，一个秘密社会而虚构的情节，以此来说明冷战？

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Stratfor was one of several organizations earlier this year warning that Mexico could become a failed state if it does not win the war against the criminal elements that hold sway over some areas of the country.

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Rather than recognize that they are both subordinate to and supportive of Damascus and Teheran's terror war strategy against Israel, Olmert and his associates are using the foreign elements of the war as a way to say that the Palestinians are not responsible even though they are the ones carrying out the operations on the ground.

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As a result of a coup by pro-fascist elements of the military, Romania entered World War II on the Nazi side in 1941.

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Such vigilance is easier to sustain, and likelier to succeed in deterring attacks, if we understand that we are still fighting a multifront war against the various elements of radical Islam.

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