Sentences with phrase «longest war in our country»

«This guy is extending again, with no plan, no time line, no discussion of the resources and the dollars we're committing, extending the longest war in our country's history.»

Not exact matches

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no longer reserved for bombarding the bejesus out of ISIS militants in Syria from the cover of the war - torn country's rolling deserts: Marine Corps officials are experimenting with firing the guided artillery system from the deck of an amphibious ship in the middle of the ocean.

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.

Even if such a step is seen as unlikely by most officials and observers, Pakistan's ability to shape the destiny of America's longest war is a reminder of how much leverage the country maintains at a time Trump is suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance.

From the founding of New France, to the fight for Canada in the War of 1812; from the visionary achievement of Confederation, to our victory at Vimy Ridge, Canadians have repeatedly triumphed over long odds to forge a great country, united and free.

While international adoptions have long been associated with wars and destruction, in the case of South Korea, the largest number of children were sent overseas after the country had long recovered from war - the 1980s.

The outcome of a war will not only lead to a sharp escalation in human casualties and displaced families, who have yet to come to terms with the death and destruction from the conflicts in Iraq, Yemen and Syria, but the region itself may no longer be the landscape it currently is as most countries in the area will struggle to recuperate from the large - scale devastation caused by a war.

I firmly believe that the war in Iraq is one of the worst transgressions this country has committed and its repercussions will be felt for a very long time.

Few nations were to all appearance more effectively put down: exhausted by successive defeats in war, reduced to a mere remnant, deported to distant countries, subjected to the long - continued domination of alien and highly civilized Great Powers.

Not to mention the persistence of yet a different group of «troglodytes,» in this case more sophisticated ones, who with their invention of the Cold War were constantly endangering the country and its young citizens with their longing to engage in jingoistic military exercises.

One childcare worker in Syria said, «There are no longer any children in my country — even a 4 - year - old can tell you everything about war.»

be it england german or france, cause the citizens of the famous european countries do nt have as much fire or will to fight as the immigrant of war countries / financially «handicapped» sub-countries like sanchez put it rightly, these spoiled kids of the rich countries have bee too long in their comfort zones, while the secondos are had to fight for a lot of things while a lot of the citizens helped them another side of the citizens (people like you) confronted them with racial views and ridicule..

Franklin explained how his organisation of «police officers, agents, judges, criminal prosecutors, corrections officials and others» including over 180,000 members and supporters in over 180 countries share one goal, to end «the world's longest war».

The danger for Labour is that economic growth is already evident in other countries; even Japan, which experienced the longest recession since the Second World War.

Four countries started developing nuclear weapons in response to Germany (with some extra Cold War drama for three of them, so they finished after Germany was no longer an issue).

The economy had expanded tenfold over the previous decade, and the government, which in 2002 won a resounding victory in the country's long civil war, was unchallenged at home, a towering presence in regional politics, and a major investor abroad, including in Portugal, the former colonial power.

Now that NATO is committed to transfer security responsibility to Afghanistan, withdraw its combat forces from there and commit itself to long - term security of the war - torn country, what remains are steps that the alliance, and America as its lead player, need to take to co-opt Pakistan and other regional states in an Afghan - led and Afghan - owned peace process to secure an ethnically - balanced and all - inclusive political structure in Afghanistan.

I think it is missing the historical factors where interfering in the succession of another country has been a grounds for war as long as there has been a written history and probably before that.

The long - awaited Chilcot report strongly criticised the way former PM took the country to war in 2003 on the basis of «flawed» intelligence with inadequate preparation at a time when Saddam Hussein did not pose an «imminent threat».

Queens Assemblyman Francisco Moya spoke of undocumented immigrants in the military who he said proudly serve the country — he gave the example of his father, a Vietnam War veteran who immigrated from Ecuador and became a citizen not too long ago.

THE US, Britain and three other NATO countries have begun a study to find out if drugs used in cancer treatment would let soldiers function longer during a limited nuclear war.

It may be that in a predator - free environment loosestrife is like a country no longer at war that can reduce defense spending and invest in infrastructure.

As someone who's long had an armchair historian's interest in World War II, I was intrigued by Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a conscientious objector who nonetheless wanted to serve his country as a medic.

No one is a better example of this than the Jacksons» eldest son, Ronsell, who departs to fight for his country in World War II and returns to find that it doesn't matter what he did as long as the color of his skin hasn't changed.

Rees weaves in scenes of combat, of Henry and Ronsel both consorting with women in Berlin as the war winds down, and finally of their glorious returns home, where they're celebrated as heroes by their family but nonetheless alienated by a country they've been away from for so long.

The recent mass immigration of thousands of displaced children together with their families to European countries, and their historical long march in the wake of a risk - laden and desperate journey across different countries and less - than - friendly seas in the hope to leave behind the miseries of war and move toward a better life that they are hoping to forge for themselves and their parents in their host countries, resonates with the life stories and conditions of the characters of a number of submissions this year.»

In 2005, Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely knew and agreed to join him on a research trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country reeling from a brutal decade - long war that had claimed the lives of millions.

Inside you will read about... ✓ The Washingtons of Virginia ✓ Europe Exports its Wars to the Colonies ✓ Washington at Mount Vernon ✓ An Englishman no Longer ✓ Washington at War ✓ The Father of His Country ✓ Return to Mount Vernon As a member and later officer in the Virginia militia, he fought with the British army against the French as the two European powers struggled for control of the rich Ohio Valley.

However, it was not that long ago that we were concerned about currency wars where countries sought an advantage over their neighbours by devaluation in the hope of gaining an increased share of global markets.

NATO is in afghanistan, and its all about peacekeeping and help a country torn by wars for a long time to rebuild and fly by themself.

A long overdue entry into the collection of cold war era - set gaming, puzzle game Papers, Please has the player control a low level immigration bureaucrat in a fictional USSR country.

This unwavering sentiment would intensify when The New York Times and The Washington Post published the so - called «Pentagon Papers» in June 1971, revealing incalculable lies that had been fed to the American public about the country's decades - long involvement in the Vietnam War.

In the Thirties, he had been a politically aware mural painter and now, 40 years later, he felt the need to respond once again to an America that was wearied by a long unwinnable war abroad and simmering social discontent at home; a country that was in the grip of a new conservatism and an attendant sense of corruption that would culminate in the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 197In the Thirties, he had been a politically aware mural painter and now, 40 years later, he felt the need to respond once again to an America that was wearied by a long unwinnable war abroad and simmering social discontent at home; a country that was in the grip of a new conservatism and an attendant sense of corruption that would culminate in the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 197in the grip of a new conservatism and an attendant sense of corruption that would culminate in the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 197in the impeachment of President Richard Nixon in 197in 1974.

Lê uses these new collages to illustrate a cultural shift in Vietnam in recent years, as corporate logos and insignias gradually replace the war imagery that has long dominated the country's visual lexicon.

A century long struggle to gain full control of its natural resources and refining capacities has been punctuated by many events: from the exploits of the Anglo - Persian Oil company (later to be known as British Petroleum or BP), in the early part of last century; to the CIA backed overthrow of the first democratically elected government in the 1950s, after it nationalized the country's oil fields; to the destruction toll of several oil installations during the decade long Iran - Iraq war; to current pressures by large international firms to negotiate contracts for the exploitation rights of oil and gas.

Mabunda is interested in the collective memory of his country, Mozambique, which has only recently emerged from a long and terrible civil war.

While the country's brutal civil war is often presented as the cause of this mass migration, a study published last year in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that it may be rooted in an earlier environmental crisis, one linked to land degradation and long - term drought in the Fertile Crescent.

First, the influence of the United States on South Korea — both from its decades - long military presence in the country and its position since the end of the Cold War as lone superpower — has prompted social changes in the country that make it ready for public involvement in trials.

The long - running dispute between both countries last flared up thirty years ago with a two - month war that ended in a decisive British victory.

As the first colony to break off from British rule in 1776 and one of the first thirteen states to form the country a few years later, New Hampshire has long been a self - sufficient state that has birthed prominent authors, politician and war heroes.