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The White House would like to believe that the House Republicans' surrender in this recent fight has accomplished what Obama's reëlection couldn't — that it has "broken the fever," teaching the G.O.P. that policy concessions can't be gained by threatening default or shutting down the government.

But let's be clear, "surrender" in this context does not mean giving up, conceding defeat or becoming complacent with the status quo.

The OPCD, on the other hand, argued that not only does the Rome Statute require a surrender in this case, but that allowing Libya to get away with a refusal to surrender Gaddafi will allow them to slip into the dangerous territory of yet another rogue state refusing to cooperate with the Court's orders.

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The only outcome worse than this flawed, failed decision would be for the President and Congress, two co-equal branches of government, to surrender in the face of this out-of-control act of unconstitutional, judicial tyranny.

"There has been a great deal too much surrendering in this war," wrote Winston Churchill in 1899.

When territory is surrendered in this way, it is very difficult for the state to recover it.

But lawmakers say they have no intention of surrendering in this one even though Mr. Obama has raised the potential of widespread disruptions in government services and even military operations in the weeks ahead.

A Muslim is one who has submitted or surrendered; in this religious context, a Muslim is one who has voluntarily submitted to God's will or God's decree to achieve peace.

And they used "Surrender" in the title.

Or rather, Yahoo's surrender in that war as they prepare to include Google Adsense ads in their search results.

So, I ask yet again: Who are the real cheese-eating surrender monkeys in this picture?

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