Sentences with phrase «about military might»

Many of the best Memorial Day movies have won Academy Awards, some are now considered action - movie classics and only the select few grapple with essential questions about military might, mission ethics and the trauma that continues long after the fighting is over.

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However, when Bitcoin suddenly shot up on Thursday, the online chatter was mostly about the White House's military threats against Russia in Syria, its sanctions on Russia and its tariffs on China, with people speculating that Russians and Chinese might be buying into Bitcoin to quietly get their money out of those countries.

This week's news roundup highlights the top 50 companies hiring part - time workers, tips on how to find work flexibility if you're a military spouse, and why you might not be getting hired for a work - from - home job — and what you can do about it!

Of course, if Israel were the only country in the world where we send either 1) direct aid and / or 2) provide a military presence and which had free universal health care and / or free or low cost secondary education, you might actually be making a point about there being something unique in the US / Israeli relationship, as opposed to, the $ 100s of billions we're sending around the world to hundreds of other countries which provide the same benefits.

Certainly not much is said about defending the land from God's enemies as the Hebrews, for all their military might in killing women and children, always seem to get their asses handed to them when a professional army of men invades.

Military action might be a necessary component but it is never going to bring about long - term security.

The corollary would be that a diminution of the public honor accorded to those who died in combat might be desirable in helping Mr. Hayes win his next round of foreign policy disputes with John McCain - disputes that he might otherwise lose in public argument about the merits of the military operation in question.

Nonetheless, military coups, however decorous, are not part of the American tradition, nor that of the officer corps, which might well worry about how the citizenry would react to a move toward open military dictatorship.

The statement also warns them that the opportunity to surrender might not last long: «The reluctant Boko Haram members should therefore see wisdom in surrendering now, thereby saving themselves from imminent calamity that is about to fall on them, in the event of military mop - up if they continue in their unwholesome acts.»

If it is about flaunting military might and allowing narcissist, megalomaniacal Little Donnie Bonespur to flaunt military excess not a good idea for our nations.

Government deploys military might as on a mission to fight some formidable enemy, so even before Election Day, citizens walk about totally intimidated and confused.

There was apprehension and tension in the South - East following the military show of might in Abia State, and you offered to talk to the federal authorities to see ways of bringing about normalcy, how far have you gone in this regard?

Other planned military or commercial satellites might be able to provide some information about sea - ice cover, but not with the level of detail and continuity that researchers desire.

In an era of wrenching human struggle under the heels of military might and the horrors of World War I, the experimental proof of the correctness of Einstein's notion of gravity and curved space showed the world that there were fundamental truths to be learned about nature and that the human mind and spirit could rise above all.

A military network, for instance, might not worry about malevolent viruses and noise because access is restricted, while a wireless sensor network deployed over a wide area might need to tolerate continual losses of random nodes.

So we might go through a squat exercise, a leg extension, a leg curl, a calf raise, we'd do a pull - down exercise for the back, a chest press, a military press for the shoulders, one bicep curl, one tricep extension, finish it up with some abdominal work, and we go right to about 15 minutes of cardiovascular interval training; quick stretch before they're done.

But if you're in a relationship now or if you're done meeting people for a while, you might be considering to We have gotten a lot of emails lately asking us about Military members overseas asking for cash from civilians, mainly women, to come home for leave from

You might think they're talking about current American politics: There is no money in the national treasury for more social programs like orphanages and vaccinations; The military budget must be cut; The rich are intent on keeping their tax privileges; Members of the legislature continue to beat down all proposed reforms of the leader; The conditions of the poor are getting worse; Some religious leaders insist that the Earth was created in six literal days; Foreigners must be deported.

There's probably a theme, a lesson, maybe some subtext in there, probably about not screwing with Mother Nature (because she screws back), and maybe, just maybe how brute force military solutions, up to and including dropping a MOAB (the «mother of all bombs,» second only to an atomic bomb in terms of overall yield and destructiveness) in the middle of a city center, might not be the best call.

It's a fine, if simple, argument that James Solomon's screenplay makes, envisioning an entire military court proceeding as political theater — to show those in the North that they mean business about unity and to scare those in the South who might have similar bloody thoughts.

Try as he might, he can't change their preconceived ideas about extraterrestrials and so he is forced to hide when the planet's military commander, General Grawl (voice by Gary Oldman), and his army initiate a house - by - house search for the visitor.

McAdams is incapable of being anything but adorable onscreen, Krasinski doesn't say much and does it well, and this might have been a cut - rate version of «The Descendants» (without the genuine emotion) if only Crowe hadn't slopped a belly flop of a subplot about national security and military privatization over the top.

The only person who might've deserved an Oscar is Richard Jenkins, who — as General Thomas Purcell — channels every belligerent military man role you can imagine, even getting to utter that all - important line, «Gentlemen, what you are about to hear is classified.»

But a new period of hardening ensues, at different times for particular segments of American life, and in his conclusion Barone is enthusiastic about the performance of American business and entrepreneurship and American military might in Iraq (both wars) and Afghanistan.

We might be talking about an attorney who has practiced law for 15 years and wants to give something back, or an engineer who has 20 years of military service.

You might know of a handful of big name mortgage lenders like Wells Fargo, but what about the local credit union or your options as a military veteran?

When you need a loan, some military servicemen and women might worry about accruing interest during active duty.

People may refer to Rising Sun as Blood Rage's spiritual sequel, nevertheless the connection is loose, this game is more about negotiating / bluffing than straight military might or area control.

and what about the 400 + nuclear reactors worldwide that need workers and constant maintainance to keep them running so they do nt go in to full blown meltdown and make the planet a radioactive wasteland eh + the unstoppable feedback loop of methane release and the earths athmosphere becoming more like venus... the elitists do nt seem so worried that geoengineering is destroying their planet too... maybe because they've got the deep underground military bases or hardened bunkers that can sustain them for many years or might the real manipulators not be from the earth itself??

Then I also want to talk about what the implications might be for the way we talk about state licensing schemes for everyone, not just military spouses.

It's led by volunteer on the ground in the state who goes to bar association meetings, cold calls retired federal judges who might have a connection to the military community and ask them if they'd be willing to have coffee and talk about this issue.

Think about military veterans who are eager to get back on a civilian career track but are unsure where that track might be.

So he decided to speak with Kathryn Troutman, president of The Resume Place, about his military and private - sector healthcare experience, the kinds of federal positions he might apply for, and the less - than - obvious keyword searches he should do on the USAJOBS database.

We are not singing about how our country is superior to others in military strength or the great might of the people.