1.   At that time, the US was on the verge of extricating itself from the unpopular war.

2.   And he promised a solution within months to the hugely unpopular war in Chechnya.

3.   Every time they try, they succeed only in turning Russians against Chechnya and making an unpopular war more acceptable to Russians.

4.   He also promised a solution within months to the unpopular war in Chechnya, without suggesting what it might be.

5.   His unpopular war against Chechen rebels dragged on.

6.   In the aftermath of that unpopular war, the Pentagon prepared a blueprint laying out a much more restrictive future role for the press.

7.   It is a rare admission, certainly coming from the highest pinnacle of political power, that the United States blundered and bluffed its way through an unpopular war.

8.   It is a different time from the Vietnam conflict, an unpopular war whose soldiers sometimes came home to sneers and ridicule.

9.   It prodded Chernomyrdin, who had tried to distance himself from the unpopular war in Chechnya, into personally negotiating with the hostages.

10.   It would also mean intensifying an unpopular war in an election year.