Sentences with phrase «ideological war on»

Also, this «paper» has nothing to do with refuting the «greenhouse effect», but part on an on - going ideological war on Mann et al. designed to distract us from the pressing issue at hand.

I agree with Darling insofar as he is as saying that the Tories and the Lib Dems are undertaking an ideological war on the public sector (did anyone listen to Edwina Currie's orgasmic squeal at the thought of denying funding to a hospital on any questions?).

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It could in theory be bankrolled by China or Russia, but those countries no longer share the powerful ideological interests that drew them into the Korean War on Pyongyang's side.

Such intention in the classic just war tradition, as we have seen, includes the avoidance of wrong intentions, which easily translate from Augustine's list into familiar contemporary evils: aggressive war for the aggressor's sole benefit; wars for reasons based on religious, ethnic, or ideological difference; use of force aimed at terrorizing or oppressing those on whom it falls for the benefit of the wielder of power.

So wait you aren't going to blame what was obviously Politics on Religious Wars lets not forget that there were a few things involved in these «Wars of Religion» and I am sure most historians will agree with me, firstly the Crusades weren't thought up as some ideological crusade to protect Christians from some horde of Muslims coming from the east, they were in - fact land grabbing and trying to stave off the eventual fall of what is now known as Istanbul, secondly I highly doubt that most of the average religious person had any idea just how politicized the church became during this time period or up until probably John Paul the II took over, I mean the Thirty Years War could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assumptioWar could have been called a Religious war under this Videos silly assumptiowar under this Videos silly assumptions.

The churches at this point have a great responsibility not to advocate over-all idealistic solutions but to emphasize the distinctively Christian message that is relevant to these issues, to help their members to see the world without the characteristic American ideological blinders, to challenge many of the prevailing assumptions about the cold war and nuclear armaments, and to encourage the debate on public questions about which most people prefer to be silent.

However, the most important ideological tool in the post-Cold War period is the «war on drugs.&raqWar period is the «war on drugs.&raqwar on drugs.»

The lack of a supervising agent, coupled with the inability to fulfil necessary preconditions regarding successful regional cooperation: whether these being Khosla's (2007)(a rejection of war, a mutual dispute system, a shared culture and common threats) Ayoob's (1985)(ideological and political affinity) and Bandara and Yu's (2003)(geographical advantages, trade complementarity, lack of political tension, and differentiated economic structures) means that member states are acclimatized to defect, making the regional entity captive to on - going disputes.

From a military perspective, if you are on the loosing side in an ideological / civil / religious war, weapons which cause long term wounding are in some sense more effective then killing weapons simply because they cause the winning side a continuing liability.

Julian Glover's assumption that senior Tories might well benefit from improved clarity as to their intentions might result in an ideological war that Labour may think it can capitalise on (by taking the Coalition's necessity argument at face value, Labour will be able to uphold the seemingly reasonable position - that there are no social democratic ends by stateless means.)

Her claim today at the Chicago Tribune editorial board meeting that ISIS is motivated by the words of U.S. lawmakers, rather than a deep ideological commitment to waging war on the West to expand their caliphate, shows a shocking lack of understanding of the jihadists» true motivations.»

Although Russian history studies are mostly focused on research of military, ideological, political and mobilization aspects of war, we always remember about the tragic and heroic destiny of Russian women soldiers and the aftermath of the war that had a heavy incidence on Russian women.

But The Invisible War, while unsparing with facts, is never an ideological pile - on.

While Hollywood has a history of portraying the American hero as the victim of suffering and torture due to his mysterious superiority (Clint Eastwood's Western heroes come immediately to mind), the past three decades of war and growing social crisis, and accompanying ideological confusion and disorientation, have played at least an indirect role in the increasing number of movies based on the same theme.

World War II was a global ideological quarrel, it was fought on every habitable continent, except Antarctica, and it killed more humans, and destroyed more property than any other conflict.

In 1980, the United States and the Soviet Union were pitted together in an ideological struggle called the Cold War that happened to be fought on my fronts, including through sports.

It's a compelling premise, using a single, haunting photo as the launching pad to cross a massive expanse of ideological ground, touching on the brutality of war, the loss of innocence, the balance of nature, post-colonial arrogance and the dangers of a military industrial complex driven by profit over protection.

A Poem on Abstraction, this panel discusses the works of Robert Motherwell, Tomie Ohtake, and Tang Chang as well as the international and national circumstances in the US, Brazil, and Thailand during the Cold War, in which abstraction was a key cultural pawn with ideological implications.

When scientists and advocates, motivated by these biased perceptions, take action by responding with tit - for - tat attacks on climate skeptics, it takes energy and effort away from offering a positive message and engagement campaign that builds public support for climate action and instead feeds a downward spiral of «war» and conflict rhetoric that appears as just more ideological rancor to the wider public.

Their position is driven by Culture War animosity towards greens, scientists, do - gooders and so on, or by ideological commitment to a conservative / libertarian position that would be undermined by the recognition of a global problem that can only be fixed by changes to existing structures of property rights.

Civil War hinges on the ideological clash between Steve (aka Captain America) and Tony (aka Iron Man), the two generals in the titular civil war among the Avengers super-groWar hinges on the ideological clash between Steve (aka Captain America) and Tony (aka Iron Man), the two generals in the titular civil war among the Avengers super-growar among the Avengers super-group.