Sentence examples for Shortsighted actions from inspiring English sources

Climate change caused by human generation of greenhouse gases is just one of the degradations of our most fundamental needs caused by our shortsighted actions.

We have previously been critical of some of Mr. Christie's shortsighted actions as governor, but it was hard not to admire him for standing up to his party's worst elements and putting his state first.

"Putin and his men are trying to scare the opposition stiff by intensifying repression, but I think such shortsighted actions will give a new surge to the opposition movement," Lev Ponomarev, head of the For Human Rights organization, said in an interview.

Your description of the frustrations of finding infant clothing that fits illustrates the result of such shortsighted action.

Walt Disney's ban on LA Times critics and writers from press screenings of Thor: Ragnarok (and presumably the next two Disney movies) wasn't just a petty bit of retaliation and a frankly dangerous action from "one of the good guys". It was a shockingly shortsighted action, even if the original reporting justified anger, that turned a local controversy into a national conversation.

"For more than 30 years, our shared coastline has been protected from further drilling, and we'll do whatever it takes to stop this reckless, shortsighted action," Brown and Govs.

But some developers call such actions shortsighted.

William Safire is certainly correct that "shortsighted political actions have long-term consequences".

"The thing I care about most right now is making sure that our schools and schoolchildren do not continue to be the victims of shortsighted legislative actions and severe budget cuts inflicted by a legislative majority with the wrong priorities," she said in a statement.

Henry Siegman, executive director of the American Jewish Congress, said, "We are dismayed by the Administration's intemperate response to Israel's decision to formalize her administrative jurisdiction over the Golan Heights". Jack J. Spitzer, president of B'nai B'rith, said the Administration action was shortsighted and would weaken the American position in the Middle East.

But he did say that threats of legal action were shortsighted.