The general said that attitude among most alliance members makes it impossible for NATO's International Assistance Force in Afghanistan to pursue an effective counterinsurgency campaign, involving clearing areas of hostile fighters, and holding those areas so economic development and governance projects can proceed.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Far from bending to his will, a large majority of Israelis perceives Obama as a hostile force and has rallied in support of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu against the administration.

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According to the BBC's business editor, ABN will not want to halt the sale of LaSalle, and will view RBS as "a hostile invading force rather than an institution trying to offer more money to its owners than Barclays".

BBC: NEWS | Business | RBS woos ABN with ?49bn bid plan

And if soldiers still have to be sent, the Air Force has a good story to tell now about how it will support and protect them (no hostile aircraft has managed to kill a U.S. soldier since the Korean War due to American control of the skies).

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