Some Iranians point to the Bonn Conference of 2001 — where Iran and the U.S. coöperated in the formation of an Afghan government, after the fall of their mutual enemy, the Taliban — as a model for what might take place with Syria.
In gratitude for the British political and military support in fighting against Napoleon, their mutual enemy, the Sultan showered the British envoy and his young wife with precious gifts.
These days, the partnership is benefiting from the sense of a mutual enemy: Islam.
As it happens, the rhetoric might suit both the SNP and the Tories, at least in the short-term, in their battles against a mutual enemy: Labour.
That uneasy alliance has been made possible by a mutual enemy: The Islamic State.
They become friends again as their mutual enemy becomes life itself.
Russia insists that its support for Assad is geared towards fighting terrorism, and pushing back against the the so-called Islamic State (IS), a mutual enemy of the US, Assad, and Russia. .
Thus, a logical goal in these environments is to work, where possible, in common interest toward mutual goals to undercut support for common enemies (e.g., the mutual interest with Islamabad and Kabul to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaida).
Mutual enemies are more plentiful than mutual friends.
Gbagbo's gangs, meanwhile, were calling for direct American help against our mutual enemies, the Muslims.
