Sentences with phrase «using military force»

After all, consider the heat that Mitt Romney has generated from his Republican opponent Rudy Giuliani after Romney suggested during the Republican debates that he'd sit down with his attorneys» to discuss whether congressional approval was required before using military force to attack Iran's nuclear facilities.

We can not solve these problems using military force or litigation, by violence or coercion, or by accusations or denunciations, but not require the use of mediation, collaborative negotiation, dialogue and conflict resolution systems design in order to successfully collaborate in overcoming them.»

If adopted, the legislation would allow (1) using military force, even if Japan is not attacked, if another nation is attacked and the administration deems this situation a threat to Japan's survival; (2) sending SDF units anywhere in the world where the U.S. or other militaries are waging war and having them provide support in close proximity to combat zones, and (3) deploying the SDF alongside U.S. and other allied forces and authorizing them to fire their weapons ostensibly in defense of their military and other supplies.

They added that the government was using military force to undermine the peace process by «unnecessarily» harassing communities and arresting innocent people in the region.

However article 9 of the Japanese constitution prohibits Japan from using military force against another state for any reason, except in self defence.

At Eisleben, or on the journey to his parents, he realised that the whole situation was out of control, not least because his own ruler, the dying Elector had refrained from using military force, hoping for a negotiated settlement.

President Donald Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from having that capability — using military force if necessary.

That was a milestone in its decades - long drive to pose an atomic threat to its American adversary that Trump has vowed to prevent, using military force if necessary.

Third, for those in Congress who worry that a more aggressive national security team in the White House may push the President too quickly to use military force, this week should focus their concern about the increased risk of military response to Iranian actions.

However, I do believe that North Korea now believes President Trump will use military force if he has to.

Kim also reaffirmed that he would not use military force against the South and raised the need for an institutional mechanism to prevent unintended escalations, Yoon said.

The Arias and Contadora peace initiatives would have curtailed U.S. «rights» to use military force in the region.

First, the ability to use military force with due respect to such considerations is absolutely contingent on the quality and quantity of the intelligence information available.

It is turning into a combination of ideological tics and irritable gestures even as the worst actors gain power.Ross Douthat argues that the Obama administration is shifting the U.S.'s foreign policy strategy from a Pax Americana model (where the U.S. uses military force to impose order) to one of offshore balancing (where the U.S. strategically sides with one local power or another while keeping U.S. commitments to a minimum).

But lately the idiots have used the military force to force other one as our democracy, it is such the idiot to against the people's will!

When we Americans talk about war and its justice, we're not Swedes or Malaysians, we're Americans; we're the most powerful nation on earth, with the largest military, the single nation in the world today most likely to threaten and use military force.

He had seen at last that he had the French beaten for the moment, that the Turks were contained, that he could make common cause with the Pope and could now at last use military force to bring the Protestant states to order.

In 1739 Cardinal Alberoni, in an attempt to gain more political power, used military force to occupy San Marino.

A third party country that uses force in territory controlled by another sovereign state, without the express or implied consent of a sovereign state with a legitimate claim to that territory, is an illegal aggressor under international law, rather than a participant in a collective security effort which international law recognizes as a legitimate reason to use military force.

By using military forces in such cases, Putin demonstrates a consolidation between the people and the government - hence what you see on this chart.

An «enemy» in the context of the phrase «enemy combatant» is a term of art that refers to a group defined by Congress with whom the United States is at war or against whom it is authorized to use military force.

The notion that where the Security Council is deadlocked, «R2P» provides a legal framework for the international community to use military force — either by way of a regional coalition or a so - called «coalition of the willing» is just fanciful.

And its approval of our joining the UN as permission to use military force at its bequest.

Americans have little confidence in President - elect Donald Trump's abilities to handle his presidential duties, with less than half of them saying they trust him to prevent major scandals, handle an international crisis, or use military force responsibly.

The incoming president has a 32 - point confidence deficit in his ability to avoid scandals in his administration, a 29 - point deficit in his ability to use military force well and a 28 - point deficit in his ability to manage the executive branch.

More than half of Americans lack confidence in Donald Trump's ability to «prevent major scandals,» «handle an international crisis,» and «use military force wisely» once he becomes president, according to a Gallup poll released today.

Only 44 per cent said they were confident Trump would avoid major scandals in his administration, 46 per cent said they are confident in Trump's ability to handle an international crisis, and 47 per cent said they trust him to use military force wisely.

What Clark actually said in reference to «a» Resolution on 10/09/02: http://premium1.fosters.com/2002/election%5F2002/oct/09/us%5F2cong%5F1009a.asp «Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark said Wednesday he supports A congressional resolution that would give President Bush authority to use military force against Iraq, although he has reservations about the country's move toward war.

In January, the two — along with Wyden — introduced a measure that would repeal the President's authorization to use military force in Iraq and would officially bring the Iraq war to a close, meaning future engagements would have to be approved by Congress.

«Who's in favor of allowing Putin to use military force in the territory of other countries?

Mr. Obama, who has spent much of his presidency seeking to wean the United States off a perpetual state of war, is now putting forward unjustifiable interpretations of the executive branch's authority to use military force without explicit approval from Congress.»

The criticism has grown louder amid the debate over whether Washington should use military force against the Syrian regime, with some lawmakers withholding support until the administration committed to providing the rebels with more assistance.

Not exact matches

«We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area,» the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said at a press briefing.

Australia has instructed its armed forces personnel not to use the popular messaging and payment app, only a few months after the US military banned Chinese - made drones, SCMP reported.

But when evidence emerged that Assad's forces had used sarin gas in an attack that killed nearly 1,500 people in a Damascus suburb, Obama eventually backed down after threatening a military response.

«For example, the President could conceivably have no choice but to authorize the military to use such force if necessary to protect the homeland in the circumstances of a catastrophic attack like the ones suffered on December 7, 1941 and on September 11, 2001.»

As a policy matter moreover, we reject the use of military force where well - established law enforcement authorities in this country provide the best means for incapacitating a terrorist threat.»

«It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws... for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,» he wrote.

The tailors collaborated with an American military contractor to get their hands on the same technology used by the U.S. Special Forces in Iraq.

LARGO — The contents of the Armed Forces History Museum have been sold, but no one is ready to talk about the future of the collection of military memorabilia.A collector named John Piazza used his personal collection to start the public museum, whic...

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.

This agreement will strengthen co-operation between the Canadian Armed Forces and the Japanese Self - Defense Forces and will allow both countries to make efficient use of each other's military equipment during operations and exercises in Canada, Japan, and other locations.

Instead of supporting this attempt — a drive that has the positive consequence for world peace that it will limit U.S. military adventurism (much as the Vietnam War finally forced the dollar off gold in 1971), Krugman is using the crisis to attack China — as if its success is what is harming U.S. labor.

Even the Pope and his diplomats, quite reluctant to condone military action of any kind, have acknowledged the necessity of using force to defend and protect innocent lives.

The findings that indicate many Americans have a dim outlook on Islam come as President Obama sent a formal request to Congress on Wednesday to authorize the use of military force to combat the Islamic State.

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.

Thus we are skeptical of Jimmy Carter's early posture of refusing to use military power, and we reject Ronald Reagan's position that force and bluster can solve our problems.

Will a modern president actually use restraint the use of military force abroad?

One matter that has been morally muddied in recent decades should now be clarified: those who in principle oppose the use of military force have no legitimate part in the discussion about how military force should be used.

The 2nd Amendment guaranteed individual citizens the rights to own arms JUST AS GOOD as those of the regular soldiers they might have to oppose in an armed rebellion — the very sort of armed rebellion that the writers of the 2nd Amendment had recently successfully engaged in, defeating the most powerful military force on the planet using their own guns, which were JUST AS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries had.