Sentences with phrase «by military might»

For that reason, I found it easy to identify with those whose way of life was being destroyed by military might.

Not exact matches

But he doesn't think China is ready to risk «international opprobrium» by using military might to enforce its territorial claims.

The options, often hinted at by President Donald Trump and members of his cabinet, represent the full range of US military might and strategy, but sometimes in unexpected ways.

As a final point, it was not the US's military might that brought down the USSR — it was the USSR's finances, yes, admittedly forced by Reagan's arms race.

Tragically, church history in subsequent centuries contains other examples of shameful attempts to spread Christianity by force or military might.

Of course, if you're taught over and over by the rock mythology, or even by PBS or the NYT, that the Righteous Artist ought to say the equivalent of «F# $ @ You» to the likes of the «military - industrial establishment,» the «system,» or the «Power,» you might assume that you ought to say the words themselves to something a bit more obviously impacting your life, such as your ex-girlfriend.

Imagine, further, that the United States can halt the onslaught and restore harmony — but only by deploying military might.

By the time I came to write Nemesis, I no longer doubted that maintaining our empire abroad required resources and commitments that would inevitably undercut, or simply skirt, what was left of our domestic democracy and that might, in the end, produce a military dictatorship or — far more likely — its civilian equivalent.

The inexpressible sadness of our era is that as soon as the dream is revived it dies, overwhelmed by the harsh realities of a world where finally only military might settles international disputes and where even the prospect of total annihilation can not generate a sustained effort for the abolition of war.

These critics should be prepared to answer some questions that might be raised by military personnel whose lives would be affected by a policy change.

In February 1792, British Prime Minister Pitt justified the reduction of military expenditures and held out hope for more reductions to come by declaring: «Unquestionably there never was a time in the history of this country when from the situation of Europe we might more reasonably expect fifteen years of peace than at the present moment.

The chief danger of nuclear war is that it might develop by escalation from a limited military operation.

The military could avoid this easily, by either not having a benediction at graduation or not ordering a prayer stance during the benediction, attention or parade rest for everyone might work.

By the spring of 1989 it had begun to be said openly» even Gorbachev said it» that the USSR might have a first - world military, but much of the rest of the economy was third - world.

Domination of the world by great centers of capital and the military might of the United States breeds deep resentment.

The wise man who delivered his city by his wisdom when military might had failed: there was something that Ecclesiastes could and did respect.

The administration defended President Trump's idea for a national military parade, as some former military officials likened the proposed parade to affairs held by authoritarian regimes and some lawmakers questioned the costs that might be involved.

While agreeing that there was nothing wrong in setting targets for military operations as was done by President Muhammadu Buhari when he gave the directive, the executive Secretary noted «It must also be stated that this target date might be unrealistic.

Trump made his case for a massive boost in defense spending by rallying shipbuilders and sailors aboard a next - generation naval aircraft carrier to get behind a «great rebuilding of our military might.»

Bill Owens and Doug Hoffman served their country by joining the Military, before going for all the money they might earn in private life.

The Governor said that military high command should address the abuse of soldiers by insulating them from carrying out unlawful commands so that the military itself will not be subject to abuse by any government in power who might be drunk with the idea that the military is the armed wing of its political party.

Japan is not obligated by treaty to participate regardless, so a shift in government in Japan to one that is less nationalistic, and more traditional in its view of the Japanese military might make it much less likely to become involved.

From this point of view, it is realistic to agree with Maduka Onwukeme, a Lagos - based Legal Practitioner, who rendered a fitting description of Jammeh's limits and bluffs: «Jammeh's «confidence seems to have been bolstered by the pledge of allegiance made by the country's military chief, but then hearing Jammeh's rhetoric, one would mistake the Gambia for the African version of North Korea in military might.»

«A ten shot clip is not so out of the ordinary and is not so limited to military or illegal use, that it might not be supported by the second amendment.»

Dictatorships will generally be led by a single political party, a military junta, a military or armed forces council or whatever the leaders might wish to call it.

There are strong indications that the military high command in the country might come up with a joint operation involving the various security agencies to tackle the blood - letting carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some sections of the country.

If the FCC can create a way to provide television white spaces to wireless users, the agency might take a similar approach to free up other unused or underused areas of the spectrum, for example those currently utilized by the military, radar and fire and police departments, says Luke D'Arcy, head of cognitive radio technology at Cambridge Consultants, a technology development and consulting firm.

Early passenger services might include pilots assisted by AI co-pilots — a «mixed mode» approach that Singh helped develop for the U.S. military's «Transformer» project (which more recently morphed into Lockheed Martin's ARES project) to build a drone that could carry cargo or wounded soldiers.

The sorts of technologies this might draw upon are diverse, Schneider says: everything from sensors that monitor the activity of people to software that would guide the actions of military commanders in the field by taking social and psychological factors into account.

«However, proper acclimatization might be ignored or deemed impractical by mountain climbers, hikers, local pilgrims, rescue teams, or military operations.»

As for the military, my husband says that they may me changing the BMI into the waist to height ratio as described by Brad Pilon but it might take awhile for this change to happen (as with any goverment changes but that's a whole different story).

The movie depicts the military's culture of intimidation and assault as global, not as an aberration that might be explained by the pressures of combat or the tedium of life on secluded posts.

As Eastwood sees it, Stone is a person with an inner reservoir of violence that's waiting to find its need for eruption — the sort of reservoir that's readily exploited by the military, though it also offers men and women a form of expression that might fulfill them at the risk of ruining them.

They've had to sit by and allow the slave trade and colonialism to happen when they might have stopped either via a show of military might or even a more active diplomatic role.

I embarked on «Basic» with optimism and goodwill, confident that a military thriller starring John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by John McTiernan («Die Hard»), might be entertaining action and maybe more.

It might not be wise to leave said creature — repeatedly referred to as «the Asset» — in the company of a cat, but the film makes clear early on that the true villain is the American military - industrial complex, personified here by Michael Shannon's square - jawed, Cadillac - driving, all - American security agent.

In Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Reacher finds himself being hunted by the military while simultaneously investigating a young girl who might be his daughter.

The Wind and the Lion (1972), the sophomore feature of the film school - trained screenwriter turned director, takes on a romantic tale of rebellion and response, honorable ancient codes and modern military might, and the first stirrings of the United States of America, the modern, maverick young country in a political culture dominated by the history - seeped empires of old Europe, as a world power.

Snatches are shown on TV how other countries beside the U.S. are being threatened by the aliens, but Battle: Los Angeles can not escape the reality that it might as well be a recruiting video paid for by the U.S. military.

Characters who initially seem poised to become significant supporting players — among them Army Rangers James Badge Dale and Matthew Fox and rogue CIA operative David Morse — prove expendable, either by becoming food for the encroaching zombie horde, or simply by virtue of the pic moving on to another locale: first a ghostly military base in South Korea that might be the source of the outbreak; then to Israel, where a senior Mossad agent (well played by Dutch filmmaker Ludi Boeken) may hold some additional clues; and finally a WHO research lab in Wales, where — in the pic's most elegantly crafted setpiece — Gerry and a handful of uninfected scientists enter into a careful cat - and - mouse game with the otherwise zombified staff.

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.

Scarlet's research suggests that a cure might be found in Tammy and Andy's genes, so she commits to shuttling them out of London — a task made harder by the presence of the marauding zombies and the military, now on «Code Red,» ordered to kill anything that moves.

A lesser film might have put all the focus on the fish man: his origins, his abilities, how he'll be used by the military and so on.

Yet, urged on by his far more militant Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), while Rabin would like to find a nonviolent solution to this problem he's well aware a military strike might be the only way to ensure the safe return of the majority of the hostages.

But Rex is ruled «unadoptable» by a military doc (Geraldine James) who thinks you can't domesticate an animal who might rip a toy gun out of a child's hand — or worse.

The U.S. military (led by David Strathairn) prepares a potent missile plan to eradicate the creatures, but Japan's leading scientific authority (Ken Watanabe) hopes mankind might instead summon another giant creature to fight the others and defend the planet: Godzilla.

However real these divisive issues are, might they have been deliberately triggered by a sinister German agent, persuasively played by Daniel Brühl, who sets out to exploit the dangerous, destructive potential within Winter Soldier — a dark secret dating back to a 1991 Russian military experiment revealed in flashback?

The advent of nuclear weapons has ended this option; now military might lead to mutual assured destruction, and therefore the resolution of conflicts by the rule of international law has become a necessity.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

If you don't really need to spend the money distributed from your Inherited IRA for your household expenses (your opening statement that your income for 2016 is low might make this unlikely), and (i) you and / or your spouse received compensation (earned income such as wages, salary, self - employment income, commissions for sales, nontaxable combat pay for US Military Personnel, etc) in 2016, and (ii) you were not 70.5 years of age by December 2016, then you and your wife can make contributions to existing IRAs in your names or establish new IRAs in your names.