Sentence examples for divisive war from inspiring English sources

Its signing marks another welcome step toward healing the wounds of a bitter and divisive war.

Five years since the most divisive war of modern times began, many of the prime movers have faded from the headlines.

Meanwhile, a bitterly divisive war goes on apace and may get bloodier in the next few days.Still, this latest voting milestone spells hope.

Vietnam had been America's longest and most divisive war, and public and congressional opinion flatly opposed any resumption of the agony.

Ivory Coast has been mired in unrest since the rebellion plunged the country into a divisive war that has left the north in the hands of rebels.

Even though Vietnam was a divisive war that is not yet resolved in the national consciousness, Mr. McCain can appeal to all sides.

At some point, America will no longer be mired in two costly and divisive wars.

It communicated the horrors of the Vietnam war in a way words could never describe, helping to end one of the most divisive wars in American history.

Here is a look, by no means comprehensive, at the president's early efforts: THE WORLD Mr. Obama has promised to quickly bring home American troops from one of the longest and most divisive wars in American history.

The world can be "confounding", as Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, sadly noted in the wake of the murder in September of her ambassador to Libya in Benghazi, a city saved from destruction by American air power.Senior officials argue that Mr Obama inherited two costly, divisive wars that had diminished America's standing.

— President Obama declared the beginning of the end of one of the longest and most divisive wars in American history on Friday as he announced that he would withdraw combat forces from Iraq by August 2010 and all remaining troops by December 2011.