Sentences with phrase «take military action against»

President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria in response to a deadly chemical weapons attack.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A new national poll suggests that six in ten Americans sympathize more with the Israelis than the Palestinians in the recent fighting in Gaza, and most believe that Israel's initial decision to take military action against Hamas was justified.

While Congress prepares to vote on whether or not to take military action against Syria, two local members of Congress are still considering all the facts.

Only one in three (35 %) thought it was right for the UK to take military action against Colonel Gaddafi's forces in Libya.

For example, Saudi Arabia has recommended that the US take military action against Iran.

It is often considered more legitimate for a country to take military action against another country that is authorized a UN Security Council resolution than it is to do so without that authority, and it is considered more legitimate for a country to take action against a country whose actions have been condemned by the UN Security Council (without an actual authorization to take military force) than it is to do so without such a determination.

Christian leaders in the All - Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea say America should not take military action against the regime.

In the late «90s the neocons urged President Clinton to take military action against Iraq; their letter to him is reproduced on the dust jacket of Dorrien's book.

After 9/11, the biggest foreign attack on American soil in history, it took George W. Bush almost a month to issue his first orders to take military action against Afghanistan.

(It didn't help that in the interview Bannon scoffed at the idea that U.S. would ever take military action against North Korea.)

Nor is Bolton the only person in Washington who has proposed taking military action against North Korea.

Nevertheless, Netanyahu's hawkish retort not only increases the odds the US will pull out of the deal but raises the spectre of Israel taking military action against Iranian nuclear facilities.

19.30 The Stop the War coalition hosts a «Don't Iraq Iran» cultural event to raise money for campaign against taking military action against Iran.

Not exact matches

Rickards reported that Pompeo told him, categorically, that military action will be taken against North Korea within 5 months, or by March 20, 2018.

The leaders of two of Britain's major church denominations have urged the government to think twice before agreeing to take part in military action against Islamic State (IS).

On the other hand, the Assad regime does not appear to have involved its own military forces in this strike by Iran on Israeli forces, or in many of the other actions taken by Iran supported forces against Israel.

With the rising Ukrainian nationalism and the increasingly more and more visible loss of control of the central government over the country (in the recent trade blockade of Donbass by Ukrainian nationalists, president Poroshenko protested the blockade but was unable to force its lifting), it is possible that Ukrainian military will take more forceful action against Donbass and Luhansk, which may force Russia's hand, so not all risk of war is beyond us.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

The 66 Labour MPs who voted with the Government on the main motion to support «taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria» represented well under a third of the 231 current Labour members of Parliament.

So the president may take any military action of any magnitude against any target so long as he informs congress within 48 hours and does not take longer than 60 days?

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

In 2001, Marsden took on the Whips after the Chief Whip Hilary Armstrong tried to silence him over his strong views against the military action starting in Afghanistan.

When two strange new M.U.T.O.'s (Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms) hatch from their chrysalis, Godzilla's dormant slumber ends, as the big G reveals himself to the world to take on the M.U.T.O.'s, and the military decides the best course of action to take against creatures they don't yet understand.

This time around, Cameron was catching some heat for having taken a second summer vacation as Britain was getting deeper involved in military action against the Islamic State in Iraq but noted he would have no trouble taking care of his duties from his BlackBerry device.

Countries are perfectly allowed to complain about the treatment of their citizens, to take diplomatic action against countries that mistreat them, and in extreme cases (not including this one) to use military action.

His family filed a negligence and wrongful death suit against the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, claiming the veterans home failed to take timely action.