1. Annan appeared to indirectly criticize the United States for having underestimated the difficulties of pacifying and rebuilding Iraq after the invasion.
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2. But the commander of American forces told The Associated Press the stakes are too high to let casualties deter the mission of pacifying Iraq.
3. But far from pacifying, emperors'ambitions were usually met with conflict.
4. " The pacifying discourse of Chavez allowed that meeting to become a productive meeting, " Lula said.
5. If China had not played a pacifying role, tensions on the peninsula could have escalated further.