Sentences with phrase «force was a last resort»

He spent a lot of time trying to reassure people that he was basically a reasonable guy who wanted peace and that force was a last resort.

When senators questioned him yesterday on current policy, Brennan reiterated this defence of the drone program, insisting that lethal force was a last resort and that the president himself is ensuring that «any actions we take will be legally grounded, will be thoroughly anchored in intelligence» and will have «the appropriate approval before any action is contemplated.»

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, it seems to us that the text has many aspects which are often neglected and that in the last resort it forces us to raise more questions than it helps us to answer.

And I'm only here to tell you that I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and only a last resort, when everything else has failed, and then only with regard to our national security.

Who is ready to say that as the last of all resorts the Iranian nuclear effort must be destroyed by force before it comes to term?

The mainstream of Christian ethics has contended that there can be a legitimate or «just» use of military force — legitimacy being determined by a variety of factors, such as the presence of a «just cause,» «right authority,» «last resort,» and the use of «means proportional to the end.»

After reducing the just causes for resort to force to one, self - defense (§ 2308), the Catechism further limits this in § 2309 by four prudential conditions, all of which it says must be satisfied: «the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or the community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain; all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective [last resort]; there must be serious prospects of success; the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated.

There is a power of brute force which is going to be wielded by someone, and it had better be retained by the conscientious and intelligent as a last resort against the unscrupulous who would, if not thus restrained, gladly accept it as their monopoly.

Disagreements will arise over the seriousness of particular threats, whether «just cause» and «last resort» are present for the use of military force, the utility of nonviolent and persuasive methods, whether a missile defense system (required by the strategy paper) is itself defensible practically and morally, and whether the U.S. should make interventionary decisions unilaterally or with international consent and support.

1st factor is Gazidis, he is silent stans yes man and all those 2 yanks have seen is Cesc refusing to join us last year as he wanted to try to stay in Barca and when he felt forced out then he came to us as a «last resort», we had not long broke our own record to replace him because he didn't want to join us!

You can rest assured she won't run across another «Medley» in her class, forcing her to resort to being called «Medley T» or «Medley W» or whatever your last name initial may be.

The joint committee on human rights was similarly critical, demanding that the bill be amended «so that reasonable force can only be used as a last resort, only for the purposes of preventing harm to the child or others and that only the minimum force necessary should be used».

Energy: Alan Duncan should be commended for forcing the party to abandon its «nuclear energy is a last resort» policy but there's little sense of urgency from the party leadership about Britain's looming energy crisis.

These are choices that expand opportunities for the students, but they leave Ballou as effectively a school of last resort for those who don't leave or who are forced to return after struggling academically or behaviorally elsewhere.

Severe state budget cuts and declining enrollment are forcing urban districts across the nation to consider what often is a last resort — closing schools.

If you only make it finger - tight when you install them, you shoud be able to wrestle it off using the full force of your hand and arm, strap wrench is supposed to be your last resort.

Self - publishing is no longer considered «second best» or the choice of last resort — it is fast becoming a major force in the publishing industry.

It is generally considered a last resort, because of the negative impact it has on the credit score of the person declaring bankruptcy, because it can force the person to liquidate assets he would prefer to keep, and because a bankruptcy can stay on your credit report for up to 10 years.

In general, the last collection resort for lenders is filing a lawsuit and, if a court judgment is granted, the lender can garnish a portion of the debtor's wages, which may force an eventual bankruptcy filing.

Tapping savings should be a last resort, and if you are forced to dip into savings, pull money from non-retirement accounts first.

No longer is it acceptable to just work to keep humans safe from animals (which is important), but it is equally important to keep animals safe from people — including cruelty and neglect, but also including safety from law enforcement officials — and that brutal force should only be used as a last resort.

The article set the stage for tuition, complete with lies about the history of tuition at Cooper Union, a vague roadmap for Bharucha's plan to «Reinvent» the institution, and public statements that by now read as clear falsehoods: ««Altering our scholarship policy will be only as a last resort... I will not be forcing solutions on the organization,» Bharucha said, adding that he wanted employees, students and alumni involved in finding answers.»

Britain was forced to rely on new «last resort» measures to keep the lights on for the first time on Wednesday after coal power plants broke down and wind farms produced less than one per cent of required electricity.

In the last 18 months, Ontario, like other provinces, has been forced to absorb the inevitable, costly and life - threatening impact of forcing refugees and refugee claimants to forgo or delay medical care that they can not afford and resort to emergency wards rather than ordinary health care providers.

The last resort is often the local shelter, because so many are forced to euthanize unclaimed animals after just a few days.