In northern Iraq, the worst allied-fire disaster of the war occurred when an American Special Forces officer traveling with a convoy of Kurdish leaders and fighters mistakenly called down an airstrike on the column.
Unfortunately, Google is one of the worst allies to have in Washington today, as it faces an antitrust investigation as well as government scrutiny for directing consumers to unregulated online pharmacies.
If a future disruption were as bad as history's worst, American and allied governments' crude oil stocks alone could replace every lost barrel for eight months.
But what much reporting of these tragic events shows time after time is a refusal to believe this, allied with the worst kinds of gender stereotypes.
A Republican operative allied with the worst forces in DC recently said: "Give what you can [to Ron Paul's opponent].
All parties were guilty of grave and systemic abuses, said the UN, but government troops and allied militia were the worst offenders.
While many allied troops were sympathetic to France's suffering under the occupation, a considerable number had their worst prejudices confirmed by what they saw.
On that basis, Hitchens was increasingly able to ally himself with the worst elements of the American right while insisting he remained a progressive.
And one begins to wonder if, in Valls's rigor, in his inflexibility, and in his demeanor of a commander shaming halfwits who think they can outsmart the worst sort of allies or accommodate the worst they have in them,one cannot find the real reason behind the disgrace into which he seems to have fallen (or been pushed).
"The dictator was left to do his worst, along with his allies, Russia and Iran, and the bloodiest tragedy of the 21st century has since unfolded".
In terms of civilian slaughter, he declares, "our ostensibly democratic ally was the worst offender, contrary to the American image of the North Koreans as fiendish terrorists".
