This memorable occasion officially ended 16 years of civil war. The Bicesse Peace Accords, mediated by Portugal with the assistance of the US and Russia, were signed on by representatives of Jonas Savimbi and President Eduardo dos Santos. The thawing of the Cold War in the late 1980s, combined with the military stalemate between Uniao Nacional de Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) and the Movimento Popular de Liberaçao de Angola (MPLA), as well as the war-weariness among Angolan people, created seemingly favourable conditions for a political settlement. The search for peace and reconciliation in Angola has now stretched for more than 10 years. For Angolans, the tragedy has been overwhelming: more than five hundred thousand have been killed and more than half of the country’s population of 10 million has been displaced by war. The multi-generational conflict has seamlessly transformed itself from an independence struggle against Portuguese colonisers, to a well-funded proxy war drawing in both superpowers, and finally, into an even deadlier and more devastating contest for personal power and resources. ‘Hydroelectric dams - invincible to the inaccuracies of high-altitude bombing - powered the Reich's war machine.Peace has eluded Angola for four decades, and has confounded politicians and policy-makers around the world for years.‘Whatever the future for the National Missile Defence system, the might of the US war machine is already daunting.’.war machine was put in high gear and led to the defeat of Imperial Japanese troops in 1945.’ ‘Pearl Harbor became a battle cry, and the U.S.‘Derek Durkin from Scotland No 2 branch added, ‘We can't continue to finance a war machine that is gunning down our members.’.‘We call for the dismantling of the Pentagon war machine and the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction, above all in the United States and other imperialist centers.’.‘This is no time to stand with a Labour government that has thrown its lot in with the US war machine while attacking groups like the firefighters at home.’.‘To meet the needs of the Iraqi war machine and the servicing of government debt, the Baath Party stepped up attacks on the working class.’.‘It is about a desire on the part of those that have hijacked the American government to create a permanent war machine abroad, and a proto-fascist state at home.’.‘Many German-Americans would serve alongside US forces fighting the Axis war machine in World War II.’.

‘When polls show 70% of Americans against war, the war machine has a problem.’.‘However, with both an over-extended war machine and an economy dependent like the war machine - on rapidly dwindling fossil fuels, that disaster may not be long in the offing’.‘Overnight, it seemed, our war machine metastasized and our mass media militarized.’.‘The company was so wound up with the German war machine, the Australian army raided its offices in 1914 to end its traffic with enemy agencies.’.‘The Soviet war machine in this period was arguably the most powerful in Europe and increasing in potency year by year.’.‘During World War I, while some young men donned doughboy uniforms in the service for Uncle Sam at a government wage, others went into factories to arm the war machine.’.‘With a huge war machine, the US government will gain in military terms.’.‘The game is played out in real time as you build bases and command armies while making sure you are harvesting enough resources to keep the war machine going.’.

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