In his review of Clyde Prestowitz's "Rogue Nation" (June 22), Bill Keller says that Prestowitz "acknowledges the weaknesses" of the Kyoto treaty on global warming as well as "the culpability of the European greens... who hijacked the cause of environmentalism".
Just as Disraeli seized the policy of voting reform for the Tories, Mr Cameron has this week hijacked the cause of "new politics" that had belonged to his opponents embracing the logic of a hung parliament, an electoral outcome he recently regarded as calamitous, and yielding on reform of a constitution he had previously defended.
Others tried and failed to hijack the Muslim cause in Bosnia, a country they did not understand.
Left-wing radicals who have tried to hijack the greens' cause were occupying the square, draping giant banners over the Taksim monument and surrounding buildings in open defiance of the government's authority.
The ousted Afghan government, which is still fighting a civil war against the Islamic regime, said the Taliban were trying to hijack the Olympic cause to court international diplomatic recognition.
The Assad regime might once again attempt to hijack the Palestinian cause to further the benefits of such a dangerous move.
A lack of coherent leadership on the opposition side, and an attempt by hardline civilian and military figures to hijack the revolt, caused the collapse of the new regime after less than two days, and Chávez returned in triumph.
Britain's Northern Ireland secretary, Peter Mandelson, accused Protestant paramilitary organizations of hijacking the Portadown Orange Order's cause for their own ends.
The rhetorical skirmishing has become increasingly heated during that time, with pipeline opponents accusing State of pandering to industry while supporters charge anti-oil activists with hijacking the issue to further their cause.
The Daily Mail focuses on "the anarchists who caused chaos by hijacking the event".
