1.   Though she suffered from aerial bombardment England was spared the devastation caused by military engagement and occupation in the Second World War.

2.   Basrah had a hard war, first by being caught up on the fringes of routine military engagements and later by itself becoming a direct target for bombardment.

3.   And he disagreed with the all-or-nothing approach to military engagement of Gen. Colin L. Powell, then chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

4.   And little has been done to prepare Americans for what may well become a protracted military engagement.

5.   And, having supported the American military engagement in Vietnam during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, he became markedly dovish under Nixon.

6.   But in a democracy, debating such an extreme step is the only sure way to ensure public support for a costly and dangerous military engagement.

7.   But know that strict censorship did prevail during World War II and during other military engagements.

8.   History teaches that with one major exception, the political parties of the presidents who have presided over lengthy military engagements abroad have lost in the following elections.

9.   History teaches that with two exceptions, the political parties of the presidents who have presided over lengthy military engagements abroad have lost in the following elections.

10.   History teaches that with two exceptions, the political parties of the presidents who have conducted lengthy military engagements abroad have lost in the following elections.