Sentences with phrase «unwinnable war»
The phrase "unwinnable war" means a conflict that cannot be won, usually because the goal or outcome is impossible to achieve or because there are too many obstacles or challenges that prevent victory. Full definition
A firm believer in diplomacy, the Ambassador's doctrine appears validated by the previous decade, where ten years of war and occupation have merely resulted in miring the US in two unwinnable wars in the Middle East, persuading non-nuclear countries that security lies in acquirement of nuclear arms, and the disillusioning of much of the world of the the trust that the US is a force for good on the world stage.
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As a seemingly unwinnable war unfolds around them, they're forced to take part in a savage battle of wills to save the girl they both love.
When the merciless head of the BC, Elena (Hayek), and her brutal enforcer, Lado (Del Toro), underestimate the unbreakable bond among these three friends, Ben and Chon - with the reluctant, slippery assistance of a dirty DEA agent (Travolta)- wage a seemingly unwinnable war against the cartel.
At Postmodern Conservative, we have unwinnable wars, Tocqueville, climate change (of a sort), the Robert Gates memoir, depressing charts, and depressing reading.
«William Hague says the Foreign Office's resources have been stretched by the high cost of operations in Afghanistan - # 2.6 billion a year and countless lives on an unwinnable war - which is making the world less safe, which is why we support the withdrawal of UK troops from that country.
«I believe we owe it to both our young people at home and countries abroad — like Colombia — who have been blighted by this unwinnable war, to look at different approaches that could cut the levels of violence, addiction and criminal profit,» he said.
Cherishing peace after decades of war with Turkey, Vlad is faced with an impossible choice: hand over 1,000 boys for the Sultan's army or face to an unwinnable war.
David Cameron has already committed a further # 6bn to the unwinnable war in Afghanistan.