Sentences with phrase «only military might»

The inexpressible sadness of our era is that as soon as the dream is revived it dies, overwhelmed by the harsh realities of a world where finally only military might settles international disputes and where even the prospect of total annihilation can not generate a sustained effort for the abolition of war.

Not exact matches

Of course, if Israel were the only country in the world where we send either 1) direct aid and / or 2) provide a military presence and which had free universal health care and / or free or low cost secondary education, you might actually be making a point about there being something unique in the US / Israeli relationship, as opposed to, the $ 100s of billions we're sending around the world to hundreds of other countries which provide the same benefits.

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.

Factors such as trade routes, the order of military encampment, property divisions, farming practices, building practices, economics and technology, and social stratification» not to mention a vast array of ritual processions and gatherings that might have only a tenuous connection to the type of conscious and coherent cosmology that Msgr. Mannion presupposes to have existed in these cultures» all coexisted with whichever form of religious devotion was particular to a given place and people.

Imagine, further, that the United States can halt the onslaught and restore harmony — but only by deploying military might.

This was not only because of the enormous amount of resources that the military in all countries were using up but also the ultimate threat of a nuclear war that might, in one stroke, destroy the life - support systems of the earth.

For while it might be true that most of today's great powers boast an arsenal of nuclear weapons, military hardware is far from the only measure of national strength and influence.

Compared to their single - minded commanding officer, Dr. Ventress (a no - nonsense Jennifer Jason Leigh), and the three thick - skinned, hyper - capable military women along for the trip (Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny, and Tessa Thompson), Lena at first looks like she might be the weak link, only to find that she's a resilient soldier - scientist in her own right, having previously served seven years in the Army — and no slouch with a rapid - fire cannon either.

There's probably a theme, a lesson, maybe some subtext in there, probably about not screwing with Mother Nature (because she screws back), and maybe, just maybe how brute force military solutions, up to and including dropping a MOAB (the «mother of all bombs,» second only to an atomic bomb in terms of overall yield and destructiveness) in the middle of a city center, might not be the best call.

Yet, urged on by his far more militant Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan), while Rabin would like to find a nonviolent solution to this problem he's well aware a military strike might be the only way to ensure the safe return of the majority of the hostages.

McAdams is incapable of being anything but adorable onscreen, Krasinski doesn't say much and does it well, and this might have been a cut - rate version of «The Descendants» (without the genuine emotion) if only Crowe hadn't slopped a belly flop of a subplot about national security and military privatization over the top.

You might spend several hours methodically racking up military victories, taking over important fortresses, and generally spreading your influence only to see it all reset once you compete that chapter's overarching objective and move onto the next one.

Many of the best Memorial Day movies have won Academy Awards, some are now considered action - movie classics and only the select few grapple with essential questions about military might, mission ethics and the trauma that continues long after the fighting is over.

The only person who might've deserved an Oscar is Richard Jenkins, who — as General Thomas Purcell — channels every belligerent military man role you can imagine, even getting to utter that all - important line, «Gentlemen, what you are about to hear is classified.»

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.

China's challenge to the United States over the coming decades will not only be a contest of economic and military might.

But now, universities and schools are entering a new dark age of knowledge, where Science will be determined by the priests, pope, gods of the academic church, and not only backed but empowered with might of arms of the police and military the governments wield through the use of undemocratic legislation and the court system.

While a DARPA for energy R&D might be a good model, spending on deployment and infrastructure should be overseen by a diverse group of experts, perhaps modeled after the military base closings commission, whose recommendations could only receive an up or down vote from Congress (no amendments, no earmarks).

This might apply more to military families or traveling professionals who only need to rent an Austin location for a short period of time.