That decision rattled many economists , who feared that mr obama would backtrack on his free trade promises in an attempt to pacify the politically important us unions .
Such talk rings hollow as long as the taliban continue to defy american efforts to pacify even a small and rural community like marja in helmand province .
Dozens of articles of the geneva convention were allegedly breached during the american bid to " re-establish control and pacify " this sunni stronghold in central iraq .