Sentences with phrase «war tactics of»

Verbal lashings from Goodman's Howard leads to holdouts of savage discomfort and dry - mouthed anticipation — not dissimilar from the verbal war tactics of Whiplash's Fletcher.
Though coolly composed, «Traffic» scathingly indicts opposing, but equally ineffective, drug - war tactics of bureaucracy and brutality, while acknowledging there's no easy answer.

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Even as U.S. officials try to assure Americans that a war - of - words with China over trade tariffs is merely a negotiation tactic, the National Retail Federation is highlighting just how much the U.S. has to lose if a trade war does come to pass.
In a letter to Obama at the time, Brennan said he was «a strong opponent of many of the policies of the Bush administration, such as the preemptive war in Iraq and coercive interrogation tactics, to include water boarding.»
When it comes to email marketing, there are three key tactics you need to be utilizing to stand out, close the sale, and win the war of attention in the inbox.
The Art of War says that victory comes to a general — read, a business leader — who avoids following conventional strategies and instead uses surprising tactics to unsettle a seemingly dominant opponent: David wielding his humble slingshot against a clueless, stodgy Goliath.
SARA EISEN: Stan, how do — what do you think when you read some of the headlines every day on trade and the president's tactics and the potential for a trade war?
So is it really a big surprise that Russia is using Cold War tactics paired with new technology to influence the US election considering how big of stakes are on the line?
But the tactic of trying to hit forestry companies through their customers, of seeking out and winning international attention and the War in the Woods» successful use of civil disobedience became a model for environmentalists around the world.
AAP considers the standards of conduct of our independent channel - and the supervision of that conduct - an important tactic to ending the war.
The same is true of the tactic of capturing women and children as war booty and keeping or disposing of them as slaves.
The evidence is compelling that U.S. officials consciously chose terrorists and terrorist tactics to carry out a war of aggression against Nicaragua:
Like «The increasing use of terrorism as a tactic in war»: what exactly are you saying there, are you including war casualties (like roadside bombs against convoys) in this statistics too?
Osama bin Laden tried a similar tactic when he attempted to rally Muslim unity upon the initiation of the U.S. - led war in Afghanistan in 2001.
When we outfit police like the military instead of as officers of the peace, they will treat the citizens as enemies and engage in war tactics.
Both have been arrested and served six - month jail sentences for acts of civil disobedience in protesting the School of the Americas (now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation)-- a military school in Fort Benning, Georgia, that has trained Latin Americans in tactics of war, terrorism and torture.
Terrorism has been only one of those tactics... and hence it is really stupid (yet politically correct) to call it a «War on Terror» when terror is simply a tactic.
Coupled with scare tactics of eternal dam - nation, and a system set up to ostracize non-believers, not to mention a history of torture, executions and war, it's been difficult for Atheists to even exist openly in a society, let alone reach out to other Atheists.
The resources of the scientific community, including the social and behavioral disciplines as well as the natural sciences, need to be mobilized on an emergency basis to invent creative tactics to lessen the threats of war, pollution, and population.
What makes this war tactic even more controversial is that U.S. officials rarely mention civilian casualties as a result of drone strikes.
There is talk of democracy in El Salvador, but the government's «respect for human rights» is a tactic to deepen the war.
Whether one deems this cluster of questions the third part of an expanded just war tradition or an extension of «right intention,» one of the classic deontological ad bellum criteria, this is obviously an area in which considerable criticism of the Iraq War has been focused» whether the issue at hand involves the scandals at Abu Ghraib prison, interrogation methods, de-Baathification policies, counterinsurgency strategies and tactics, or the provisions of the new Iraqi constitution with respect to religious freedom and the role of Islamic law in post-Saddam Irwar tradition or an extension of «right intention,» one of the classic deontological ad bellum criteria, this is obviously an area in which considerable criticism of the Iraq War has been focused» whether the issue at hand involves the scandals at Abu Ghraib prison, interrogation methods, de-Baathification policies, counterinsurgency strategies and tactics, or the provisions of the new Iraqi constitution with respect to religious freedom and the role of Islamic law in post-Saddam IrWar has been focused» whether the issue at hand involves the scandals at Abu Ghraib prison, interrogation methods, de-Baathification policies, counterinsurgency strategies and tactics, or the provisions of the new Iraqi constitution with respect to religious freedom and the role of Islamic law in post-Saddam Iraq.
The potentiation of sin is clearly shown when it is apprehended as a war between man and God where the tactics are changed; the potentiation ascends from the defensive to the offensive.
Although to tell you the truth the roamers now that certain regimes use science in creating such natural things artificially in some new sort of war tactics to look as natural..
If we want to win a title in england we need simeone at this club, the only manager i believe can rival mourinho and get under his skin if it came to a war of words / tactics.
Wenger gets moaned at for being private and not liking to do business in pubic so why would he think it would be a good idea to tie one hand behind his back in transfers and do a stupid tactic of letting teams know they can ask for more from AFC as AFC have a war chest to spend... That is Gazidis selling BS to season ticket buyers.
The focus of their war is most often their children, with money running a close second, and their preferred tactic is to show that their former partner is dangerously irresponsible.
During both World Wars, Russia has relied on a tactic of superiority through overwhelming numbers.
There are plenty of other topics where libertarians disagree with GOP but DNC would not be much of an improvement in practice based on observed history (war on drugs / drug legalization, prostitution legalization, SWAT and aggressive police tactics, censorship etc...)
Their exclusionary tactics coupled with Gaddafi's policies of undermining national institutions, meant that the NTC lacked enforcement authority and a monopoly of force to subordinate the myriad of militias that sprang up during the civil war.
Another tactic: at the bottom of this page, note the topic - specific example that displays headlines about the Iraq war.
These alleged tactics, while morally depressing and possibly illegal, show an extraordinary meshing of violent and nonviolent methods and tools: military, cultural, political and economic, going well beyond the standard Western conception of «hybrid» war.
I think Paladino knows he has no solutions so he has to resort to the wingnut / extremist tactics of culture war and division.
In this series of stories, we examine ways of coping with natural disasters, war and displacement, and climate change — not to mention resilience tactics in nature.
The industrial - scale slaughter of the first world war is often blamed on a clash of 19th - century tactics and 20th - century weapons, including tanks, aircraft, modern artillery and machine guns.
The concept of hybrid war has emerged since the end of the Cold War and describes the idea that conflicts are multi-faceted, consisting of strategies that blend conventional warfare tactics, cyberwarfare activities, use mass communication channels to distribute propaganda and often involve a fluid, nonstate adversawar has emerged since the end of the Cold War and describes the idea that conflicts are multi-faceted, consisting of strategies that blend conventional warfare tactics, cyberwarfare activities, use mass communication channels to distribute propaganda and often involve a fluid, nonstate adversaWar and describes the idea that conflicts are multi-faceted, consisting of strategies that blend conventional warfare tactics, cyberwarfare activities, use mass communication channels to distribute propaganda and often involve a fluid, nonstate adversary.
New infantry - style tactics of concealment and ambush by armed park rangers are credited with turning the tide in the war against poachers of the endangered rhino on one front, in South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve.
Any Civil War buff is familiar with the technological advances of that era: the carnage caused when tactics failed to accommodate breech - loading rifled muskets and artillery pieces, the truly revolutionary introduction of armored ships and railroad networks, and the merely tantalizing deployment of submerged warships and reconnaissance balloons.
God Wars: Future Past offers a decent strategy RPG that keeps things straightforward by throwing away complex mechanics in favour of a well - built job system that calls back to the classic strategy RPGs, like Final Fantasy Tactics.
The Wall avoids the missteps of those recent war films by eliding politics and maudlin backstories for its characters, instead using cat - and - mouse thriller tactics to depict warfare on a purely visceral level.
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In Gears of War 3, enemies call out with barks like «GRIND» or «CRUSH» that lets players know what kind of enemy they'll be facing, helping them adjust their tactics accordingly.
Probably the strangest spin - off comes in the form of the Japanese - exclusive tactics - style RPG entitled Bomberman Wars.
There's room for nuance aplenty in Lincoln, and Tony Kushner's screenplay manages to draw ambiguity from a number of situations (the Lincolns» marriage, Mary Todd's sanity, Lincoln's political tactics, the toll of the War in its last days), but Spielberg steamrolls opportunities for resonance in favour of ossified gallery tableaux meant to buff a story already polished to a blinding sheen.
She believes finding and killing the god Ares will put a swift end to costly war that Steve and others have been trying to end with the tools and tactics of mere mortals.
Taking over for Patrick Swayze, Thor's Chris Hemsworth plays the leader of a band of rebels, a shit - kicking Iraq War veteran who knows how to survive in the woods and use guerrilla tactics against a much larger force.
Formerly known as Horse Soldiers (the movie's subtitle is The Declassified True Story Of The Horse Soldiers), 12 Strong tells the true story of a small band of American soldiers in Afghanistan joining forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback, navigating the unforgiving terrain with World War I - era tacticOf The Horse Soldiers), 12 Strong tells the true story of a small band of American soldiers in Afghanistan joining forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback, navigating the unforgiving terrain with World War I - era tacticof a small band of American soldiers in Afghanistan joining forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback, navigating the unforgiving terrain with World War I - era tacticof American soldiers in Afghanistan joining forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback, navigating the unforgiving terrain with World War I - era tactics.
A parallel can be drawn between the tactics of the skinheads in the film and those of the country of England itself in the Falklands War, bullying those who can't properly defend themselves (though it can be argued that England was provoked to action) under the pretense of entitlement, but the effect of the violent action against Argentina did drum up feelings of nationalism and support among the British people.
12 Strong looks to be resurrecting a few of those elements (well, the military fetishism and jingoism, at the very least), telling the «true story» of a small band of American soldiers in Afghanistan joining forces with local Afghan troops to fight the Taliban on horseback, navigating the unforgiving terrain with World War I - era tactics.
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