Sentences with phrase «in war situations»

He however said the constitution rather has a statute that provides for the Chief of Defense Staff to take control in a war situation when the three personalities are absent.

«Buhari must ensure that in fighting insurgency and corruption that the rights of the Nigerian citizens are still respected because even in a war situation under the united nation charter, even prisoners of war are entitled to fundamental human rights.

'' Even in a war situation, once one runs into a church or mosque, one will be left alone, but these soldiers violated rules of engagement by brutalizing and arresting hapless students, they should be condemned by all well meaning Nigerians.»

How difficult is it to maintain one's humanity and compassion in a war situation?

We aren't giving people a pass at the shooting range and letting them skip the boot camp then throwing them in a War situation.

Thanks to Dale for pointing out that even for soldiers in a war situation, where different rules apply, deliberately killing a helpless enemy combatant is murder.

Not exact matches

Remembering the sacrifice of the soldiers who turned around a desperate battlefield situation and won during a cold and snowy period in late 1944 is a great way to remember the military veterans of World War II.

A Silver Star and Bronze Star recipient for his service during the Iraq War, Jocko knows a thing or two about leadership in pressure situations.

HELSINKI (AP)-- Sweden says it will issue an updated version of a Cold War - era civil emergency advice booklet, reflecting Stockholm's concerns of a worsened security situation in the Baltic Sea region.

Whether it's finding emotional attachment from heated situations or maintaining an unpredictable schedule, episodes explore leadership skills, discipline and more, frequently featuring interviews with veterans, whose experiences in at war shed light on fortitude and perseverance in any situation.

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«Not only will a U.S. - China trade war be a lose - lose situation for the two countries, but there will also be collateral damage to the whole of Asia due to the strong production networks between China and the countries in the region,» AMRO said.

However, in the storage wars, even the mighty Microsoft couldn't play the low - margin game, having to make serious cutbacks (and eventually try and fix the situation) when they reduced the «Free» tier of their consumer storage service OneDrive.

William Potter, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, told Reuters: We are in a much more dangerous situation today than we were in the Cold War.

«In terms of a toxic workplace, if you're walking into a «Lord of the Flies» situation where everybody treats everybody terribly, either you hide in the corner or you go to war,» Sutton saiIn terms of a toxic workplace, if you're walking into a «Lord of the Flies» situation where everybody treats everybody terribly, either you hide in the corner or you go to war,» Sutton saiin the corner or you go to war,» Sutton said.

U.S. war veterans are trained to excel in these situations.

Yaakov Katz, the editor - in - chief of the Jerusalem Post, compared the work of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in working with Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War with the current situation between Israel and Syria.

The latest situation involves The Promise, an upcoming film (pictured above) about the Armenian genocide in World War I starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac.

«We can end up easily in a situation where we are in a trade war with the two fronts,» European Commission vice president Jyrki Katainen said Thursday.

Of course, following through on this expectation is conditional on the economy unfolding about as expected, and that unexpected events such as a trade war or a substantial change in the geopolitical situation do not surprise on the downside.

Now, ironically, his steel and aluminum tariffs could be the undoing of that blissful relationship — in no small part because of Boeing's precarious situation in the midst of a full blown trade war.

This was followed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin implying that «there is potential of a trade war» in his interview with CNBC on the situation.

Here's how Tertzakian summed up the situation: «The oil price war of 2015 ranks among the most challenging of any downturn in the 155 - year history of Canada's oil and gas industry.»

In certain situations, such as a price war, market decline or market saturation, you must temporarily pursue a pricing strategy that will simply cover costs and allow you to continue operations.

The interesting situation approaching is that US religious folk are now being whipped up to being anti-muslim in order to support our warring attempts to retain dominance of the middle east.

There are moral dilemmas as well (choosing between the mother's life and the fetus) and similar moral dilemmas in war and in vehicular situations.

Fishion... I assume that you believe lesbianism / homosexuality are immoral becuz the Bible says so and, more importantly, what you believe the Bible to be.But can you on other grounds provide a compelling arguement to support the charge of immorality?Nobody really needs the Bible to believe that murder, stealing and lying are wrong, but there are situations that lying and stealing wd be permissable under a moral law, maybe not murder, but at least the taking of another life in war or self - defense, etc..

Just wondering what you believe Jesus would want us to do in war type situations, i.e. World War war type situations, i.e. World War War II.

It is the sad truth that wars have raged intermittently in Christendom and that the present conflict, the worst yet, has broken out in Europe, which has been under Christian influence for at least a millennium and a half; but the Christian faith has never accepted this situation or failed to deplore it.

But they had to agree that Barth was concerned about the word in the European situation obtaining after the World War and the crisis of liberalism.

Obviously, the prospect of war was very much on the delegates» minds, and no one saw a prospect of improvement in the German situation.»

Do you think that being an «ordinary radical» is to stay in this situation and try making small strides in opening students» eyes about issues such as - why do they just accept that Christians should be for war, etc?

The Book of Ezekiel is «really a summary of a war that happens in the Middle East before Armageddon, where you have this coalition of nations that come together to try to destroy Israel, and Israel prevails in that situation,» Hotsenpiller said.

In the situation after the attacks of September 11, 2001, some say we are engaged in World War IV, referring to the Cold War as World War IIIn the situation after the attacks of September 11, 2001, some say we are engaged in World War IV, referring to the Cold War as World War IIin World War IV, referring to the Cold War as World War III.

These situations always cause tension and suffering; sometimes they break out in war.

@Chad, Your point that the Allies knew about the situation, is true to an extent, but your quote has dates of 1942, after the US and the Allies were already fully in the war.

We rightfully condemn Cain for his actions, but when we look at the situation from Cain's perspective, his murder of Abel was the very first «Just War» in history.

We feared that U.S. involvement would add to the violence in an already war - ravaged land, would create a situation similar to that of El Salvador in the 1980s or even lead to a debacle like our involvement in Vietnam.

The ecumenical social thought in this century has also been in transition from the context of the liberal society, to the challenge of the socialist society and, then, to the Cold War context, and then to the post-Cold War situation.

Once the war erupted, was waged, and came to an end, with a new legal - social situation following in its train, a widened alienation occurred.

Although not without its idealist elements, the analytic starting point of this form of internationalism was a realist assessment of the mid-twentieth-century situation: Totalitarianism was a mortal peril to free societies and resisting its aggressive encroachments required the United States to take the lead in defense of the West, since Europe had unmanned itself in the two mid-century world wars.

When society is ordered, or perhaps more correctly we should say disordered, on the basis of a situation in which not only is there starvation as the aftermath of war but millions of people are hungry all their lives, there can be no just and lasting peace.

Life frequently presents grim situations where to enjoy war in peace is the only kind of happiness that we can expect.

With the deaths of Paul and Peter and the engulfing of the Jerusalem church in the Jewish War, never to reemerge as the headquarters of Gentile Christianity, a new situation arose.

A true muslim understands that Islam states that you can engage in war not to convert, but only when you are in a situation where you are not allowed to practice your religion.

In Syria, a similar situation has developed since the country's civil war started five years ago.

«In a situation like Syria, plagued by civil war and lacking a functional government with which policymakers can negotiate, how can the United States best protect those fleeing oppression — religious or otherwise?

In the period after World War II, the situation has been reversed.

The proponents of the latter position believe that there are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

Where it seems fitting, the characters should reflect recognition and acceptance of the world situation in their thoughts and actions, although in dealing with war, our writers should minimize the «horror» aspects....