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But of course, my grandmother was right to equate defeat with liberation.
But paradoxically, it may also contain an element of forgetfulness, because it tends to conceal the fact that liberation required a military defeat.
Nor could Israel, with its overwhelming technological advantage, defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Flags are flown in hope of victory, but also serve to dry the tears of defeat.
According to public opinion polls, Royal is the clear favorite of the left and the only candidate able to defeat Sarkozy.
No country can defeat terrorism on its own.
Will it turn inward, as it did after its defeat in Vietnam three decades ago?
America's former adversaries either became preoccupied with consolidating or sharing power, suffered domestic defeat, or confronted neighboring states.
But the move proved to be a strategic defeat, given that it significantly diminished the United States' political influence in Iraq.
The result has been utter failure: military defeat and a severe degradation of America's moral standing.
Humbled by military defeat, America can recover its regional relevance only by avoiding the sin of hubris, and learning to lead without attempting to dominate.
Moments of defeat have always been history's turning points in Serbia.
Defeat prompted Klaus and Zeman to try to and gain control over Czech TV by packing its council of overseers with their sympathizers.
I firmly believe that the military option alone cannot defeat terror.
In our global war on AIDS, the international community is on the verge of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
With the backing of the US, Canada, and the European Union, Israel has maintained its blockade in an attempt to defeat Hamas, which won the elections here in 2006.
In 2004, shortly before the election, Osama bin Laden released a video tape that may have helped President Bush defeat Senator John Kerry.
The reformers could not overcome conservative opposition, while the radicals could not defeat the domestic economic realities wrought by their foreign and nuclear policies.