Even as the United States military proclaims the Taliban a defeated force and Afghanistan in the hands of friends, large swaths of territory here still seem to be in the Taliban's grip.
A CAVE IN SIGHT -- "Al Qaeda is finished," Commander Hazarat Ali, the ranking Afghan military officer, proclaimed.
Hazarat Ali, the ranking Afghan tribal military leader, proclaimed triumphantly this afternoon, referring to Mr. bin Laden's terrorist network.
When General John C. Frémont and General David Hunter, within their respective military departments, proclaimed freedom for the slaves of disloyal masters, Lincoln revoked the proclamations.
As news of the new chemicals circulated, an American military officer proclaimed, "The reign of mustard gas, which has been called the King of Battle gases since it was first used in July 1917, will probably come to an end".
On 18 January 1871, the German princes and senior military commanders proclaimed Wilhelm "German Emperor" in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles.
Policy, however, does not happen in a vacuum, and we are witnessing these days the fascinating epic of how centers and instruments of political power within the United States jostle for advantage, even on an issue that the American president and his top military brass proclaim is of vital national strategic importance at a moment when the U.S. military is widely extended throughout the region.
Earlier this month, thousands of troops goose-stepped through Tiananmen Square as part of a massive military parade proclaiming Xi's unassailable position at the party's helm.
He gave health reasons but an official report had criticised him for accepting unreported gifts.Trouble in FijiFiji's military chief, Frank Bainimarama, proclaimed martial law and scrapped the constitution that ethnic Fijians claim favours Fijians of Indian descent.
