In the early years of the war, Confederate forces had moved through the valley to strike northern territory.

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As nuclear arsenals grew, each of the two main sides in the Cold War gained second strike capability, rendering a surprise attack moot.

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On that same subject, David Cameron's suggestion that if he won power, he would bring opposition leaders into a war cabinet would strike many people as a very sensible one.

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The conflict in Iraq "didn't strike me as a war that was affecting people in my life, " Bowers-Defino said.

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