Sentences with phrase «military power does»

Those who adopt this view recognise that being the dominant economic, political and military power does not mean that it can sweep all before it.

Not exact matches

As I have noted here before, the value of «hard power» (military dominance) and «soft power» (cultural, financial, diplomatic) can not be assessed until you don't have any.

People of peace, we use our military power sparingly; but when we do so we do so with full conviction, gathering our forces as men and women who believe that the freedoms we enjoy can not be taken from us.

I would argue that this is exactly what President Xi seems to be doing, and why even before he was formally in power he sought to consolidate power, undermine and frighten potential opposition, strengthen his relationship with the military, and unify the country's policymakers behind the need for reforms.

Whitehall sources told The Daily Telegraph that Britain was «doing everything necessary» to be able to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles from nuclear - powered submarines against military targets in Syria.

While the attack did take out several military positions and research facilities linked to chemical weapons, it had little effect on degrading Assad's power to wage further war on rebel factions.

In a world as dangerous as ours, a judicious use of military power is probably unavoidable, I did not oppose the war in the Persian Gulf: annexation by force must be reversed.

I cherish instead the notion that if we could understand not only the sociology and psychology of religion but also the religion of religion; if we could get at the roots of conviction in the lives of profound believers in the open society; if we could combine civility with devotion — if we could do these things, religious forces might retrieve some initiative and offer examples for coexistence in the world of the nations and the military powers.

Do they know if the balance of military power were reversed in the mideast that there would not be an Israeli left.

All of us in our varied ministries tend to be awed by the structures and potency of the establishment of Baal, even though we know, somewhere down there in the timid, secret resources of faith, that all the stuff of Baal doesn't make God — power, technological sophistication, machismo, sex, political, military, and economic domination, energy independence (ha!).

I was born in Liberia, West Africa, where my father served in the Special Security Service of President Samuel Doe (no relation), who had come to power through a violent military coup ten years earlier.

The idea that the U.S. was an unquestioned military colossus athwart the world, which no power or people could effectively oppose, was hubristic nonsense certain to get the country into deep trouble — as it did — and bring the U.S. Army to the point of collapse, as happened in Vietnam and may well happen again in Iraq (and Afghanistan).

The mark of the beast is spiritual, and identical to the pledged of allegiance to the flag, because worshipping doesn't come from a chip, or any technology device, although we are surrounded by human devices... The name of the beast is going to be written in the heart, or in the mind on those who worship the beast, because worshipping is of the heart, or of the mind... When the Germans used their right hand to pledge allegiance to the flag, or to Hitler, there was no physical mark in the right hand, or forehead of the German pledger, because the pledge of allegiance to the flag, or to Hitler, was written in the heart, or in the mind of the German pledger... When the US uses their right hand to pledge allegiance to the flag, there is no physical mark in the right hand, or on the forehead of the pledger, because the pledge of allegiance to the flag, is written in the heart, or in the mind of the pledger... The devil uses Romans 13 to deceive those who are pledging allegiance to the flag, because they do not believe what God said in Ex.20: 1 - 5, and De.4: 15 - 19... When a person pledges allegiance to a man, or to a flag, or to a nation, they are heading for destruction, because God said; «cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and make flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD Jer.17: 5 KJV... Whatever happened to the Germans who trusted in Hitler, or on their military power?

For instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.»

Instead, «Jesus would enter his people's story, tears, sweat, and hunger and show them a way out that doesn't require the financial, military, and political powers of kings and presidents and cabinets.»

Pontius Pilate had had the military power to protect Jesus, but he didn't want to protect him.

The dictator Hitler a propagandist who even gave people intoxicants to please them so that he could be able to control them, when he realized he has lost the military power to conquer the region, he said Germany does not deserve him and hanged himself.In case of Wenger he is demagogue people can fight because of him but they can't fight him and if arsenal keeps failing and he cant accept defeat and retire then he can do like Hitler and say arsenal doesn't deserve him

«Britain needs to increase both its hard and soft power and the reality is that there are times when you do need to be able to deploy military force.

Negotiations between elites, surrender by the military or national and international pressure have not yet pushed the regime to yield power and seem unlikely to do so in the future.

Direct extrapolation suggests that previous restraint in military interactions implies the nations involved do not consider the potential benefits sufficient to justify an upset to the balance of power.

Remember that even UN resolutions don't have any practical power outside UN member states sending military forces to enforce them, or implement economic sanctions effectively.

Russia may do nothing at all indirectly or directly more than what's done because they may weigh their options as unfavorable, whether US military power being a reason or a better strategy being a reason.

4) Τhe counter-revolution in the USSR did not result from an imperialist military intervention, but rather from within and from the top, as a result of the opportunist mutation of the C.P and the corresponding political direction of Soviet power.

In 1997, the military removed the Turkish government from power, but because this happened within the constitutional framework, it doesn't qualify as a coup.

@user4012 They didn't have the full absolute separation of powers, and civilian / military separation we have now.

Did the PDP blame the military for the wrongs in the country when we came into power in 1999?

Kwame Nkrumah tells us in Africa Must Unite (1963) that «if we do not unite and combine our military resources for common defence, our individual [African] States, out of a sense of insecurity, may be drawn into making defence pacts with foreign powers which may endanger the security of us all».

My power tower is a single, sturdy, free standing piece of equipment that allows me to perform a variety of pull ups, chin - ups, dips, knee raises and pushups, my power tower will even hold my feet when I do my old school military sit - ups!

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Killmonger desires not only to turn the Kingdom into a metaphor for American military invasion through the export of war, but to do so via explicitly American-esque military and governmental methods: destabilizing a vulnerable state during a handover of power, employing foreign sleeper agents to enact political will.

Surprise: «American Sniper» was snubbed by the Golden Globes, so it didn't appear that it would make Oscar's final list, but I guess you can never underestimate the power of a good military flick.

When Johnny Storm, who starts training for the military halfway through the movie, notes «We should use these powers to do something,» the sentiment feels honest enough.

The current era of corporate education reform began with the 1983 publication of the Reagan administration's report A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Education Reform, prepared by a committee of prominent professors, politicians, teachers, and business executives.5 Not only did the report attack many of the equity - minded federal education reforms that preceded it, A Nation at Risk also manufactured a narrative of public education in crisis, steeped in the language of Cold War military paranoia: «If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war,» the authors wrote.

In retrospect, the plan seems hardly credible: Mexico didn't begin to have that kind of military power, and Germany was a tad busy in Europe.

Wulverblade doesn't aim for historical accuracy, rather it's a fanciful tale of three members of the Northern clans seeking to halt the advancing Roman power that has already conquered the southern portion of Britain, now known as England, while also having to deal with traitorous southern clans who have decided to ally with the Romans rather than attempt to go up against their impressive military.

And to do that you must calculate the positive benefits such as warm homes, plentiful food via FF powered farm machinery, safer borders due to FF powered military, etc..

How do we make more of these projects happen here, like the 225 megawatts of utility - scale solar FPL is developing in Florida or the big solar arrays Southern Power is building on military bases across the Southeast?

Today, amid an anemic economy and joblessness far worse than official government figures admit, President Obama balks at approving the Keystone XL pipeline, cancels leasing and drilling on federal lands, tells our budget - sequestered military to buy $ 26 to $ 67 - per - gallon ship and jet fuel, punishes refineries for not buying cellulosic ethanol that doesn't exist, and happily lets EPA shut down coal - fired power plants and kill countless thousands of mining, utility and other jobs.

Back in the 80's, we were doing a lot of direct action around nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and military intervention.

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Can the military revoke a military power of attorney from the person the soldier designated as the agent, citing they are revoking military law and inacting state law where soldier in Georgia, giving poa to the wife, keep in mind the soldier and the wife are not residents of Georgia and the agent was excluded from the meeting granting poa to spouse... how can the military do this?

Every trial involves the exercise of judicial power, and from what source did the military commission that tried him derive their authority?

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Thoughts and notes on making the transition from military life to civilian work Don't underestimate the power of military experience for executive roles.

Remember, you don't have to have served in the military or traveled the world through the Peace Corps to have a great resume — and if you have or plan to do those things, more power to you!

Coupled with Diane's organization of the event (I found out less than a week before and she helped me figure out how to get there and make it work, and I was living in MD with a deployed military spouse and our 1 year old son at the time), your internet mission for Power of Two, Dr. John Gray's explanation of hormones / physiology on how we cope with stress differently, and Active Relationships Life and Resiliency Skills Training... I started up my own business to do marriage education.

«Purchasing a home can be a stressful, financial strain on military families who often have the added pressure of recovering from the emotional adversity of serving our country,» said Ranelle Birmingham, broker / owner of ERA Sarver Real Estate, Inc. «We do everything in our power to alleviate their stress by finding military discounts to minimize closing and out - of - pocket moving costs.»

While the Force may be a metaphysical and ubiquitous power in the Star Wars fictional universe, it doesn't mean that you can't create this Galactic Empire's military scheme in your bedroom.