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The article also showcases Afghanistan's devastation: Roads are still pockmarked with "jagged craters gouged by Russian bombs and anti-tank mines," and refugees from the Taliban's sweep struggle to survive in malaria-infested camps.
He was still tied for the lead, but that didn't matter, since the devastation of missing that putt ensured that, on the 18 th , facing an almost identically easy putt, three feet straight uphill, he didn't even catch any lip, missed it wide left, game over.
If Milosevic continues the cleansing, said Clinton, he will suffer further costs: the devastation of his military and the loss of Yugoslavian sovereignty over Kosovo.
Better, perhaps, to sort things out thoroughly in the short run, and to prevent even greater devastation for all concerned down the road--even if that means suffering a few casualties, or opening ourselves up to the charge of imperialism.NomadNet, a page on "Somalia, Peacekeeping, Relief & Economic Development Issues" run by Michael Maren, has been shut down, but its archives are still open.
And think also of what Soviet Communism extracted from America over five decades: stupendous military and economic resources, which could have been far better spent elsewhere; a morally corrupting political division over the response to communism; the deaths of many thousands of Americans in the Vietnam and Korean wars; and the continuing threat of nuclear devastation for decades.