Sentences with phrase «calls for military action»

if it were being done deliberately everyone would understand the danger — if North Korea had a battery of factories deliberately pumping millions of tons of sulfur hexafluoride into the atmosphere, the strongest known greenhouse gas, people would immediately understand the threat to the extent that there would be calls for military action against NK.

Amid the calls for military action, it is easy to lose sight of what would most benefit the Syrian people.

Mr Cameron and Mr Obama said there remained «time and space to pursue a diplomatic solution» against Iran's nuclear agenda, but their private talks on the three - day visit are expected to address growing calls for military action.

Not exact matches

A CNN poll says that most Americans feel Israel's attacks on Hamas in Palestine are justified, with 57 % of respondents saying the military action was called for.

Up until the events of last week, the U.S. was urging restraint, rather than the military action called for by the French.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

Lord Dannatt, who was Britain's senior military officer from 2006 until 2009, called for a rethink of the coalition's move to reduce the size of the regular Army by 20,000 to 82,000 amid Russia's uncompromising actions in Ukraine.

On 8 October 2001, he was the first MP in the Commons to publicly call for a vote on any military action in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Green Party of the United States is calling for no new U.S. military action in Iraq, including on - the - ground troop deployment and airstrikes.

It did not call for military intervention, and could not have been used to authorise any such action under any circumstances.

Sources close to Mr Corbyn said Mr Dugher, who had called on the leader not to sack those who like him had supported military action in Syria, had been sacked for «disloyalty and incompetence».

To study how this can be done in practice, the commission proposes using a tool called Preparatory Action, essentially a pilot program funding collaborative defense research projects that paves the way for a fully - fledged military R&D component in future E.U. programs.

Release Date: Mar 2, 2010 Genre: Action, First Person Shooter Theme: Modern Military Rating: T for Teen Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer A bit of a surprise pick over Call of Duty: Black Ops, but Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is a solid game from top to bottom across both the single and multiplayer game modes.

Release Date: Nov 10, 2009 Genre: Action First Person Shooter Theme: Modern Military Rating: M for Mature Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: Call of Duty Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has been out for a year now and doesn't get as much attention as it's the newest sibling but it's still one of the top shooters available for any system.

Release Date: Nov 5, 2013 Developer: Infinity Ward Publisher: Activision Genre: Action, First Person Shooter Theme: Modern Military Rating: M for Mature Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Call of Duty Ghosts marks a new chapter in the Call of Duty franchise.

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Release Date: Nov 9, 2010 Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision Genre: Action, First Person Shooter Theme: Modern Military Rating: M for Mature Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer DLC / Expansions: First Strike Call of Duty Black Ops is the seventh title in the best selling series of action Action, First Person Shooter Theme: Modern Military Rating: M for Mature Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer DLC / Expansions: First Strike Call of Duty Black Ops is the seventh title in the best selling series of action action games.

Gore's call to «make peace with the planet» requires an integrated awareness and action against both global warming and global warring, simultaneously — Gore describes the problem as huge, but in limiting it to civilian activities, not including military madness and mayhem, it is not huge enough — if a patient has both diabetes and severe trauma, both conditions must be treated now — militization trumps civilization in the headlines of today and tomorrow — if the truth is that both global warming everywhere and global warring anywhere are linked in the human biosphere, and if that truth is inconvenient to Mr Gore and the civilian scope of his campaign against global warming, lethal consequences for both humans and other species will continue — in cinematic terms, the great «An Inconvenient Truth» must be blended and coordinated with the great «Why We Fight»

Originally written in July, and updated through the year, the post showed the progression of an Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act calling for the military to report on their actions to prepare for climate change.