"After a deep and damaging recession, and our involvement in long and difficult conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is hardly surprising that so many people say to me when seeing the tragedies unfolding on their television screens, 'Yes, let's help with aid, but let's not get any more involved.' "I agree that we should avoid sending armies to fight or occupy.
That makes this a particularly difficult conflict to resolve.
It is also possible, argues Fraser-Sampson, that if May had been aware of the true state of affairs, he may have confided in Cowdrey, a close friend; this would have left Cowdrey, who was very keen to lead a team to South Africa, in a difficult and conflicted position.
The young Frederick had a difficult upbringing in permanent conflict with his father tragically culminating in the execution of Hans Hermann von Katte, his closest friend and accomplice, after a failed attempt to flee to England in 1730.
· The programme was also developed over the last 6 years during a violent civil conflict, in difficult conditions where compromises have had to be made.
I'm saying that it is a firm and clear direction of British development policy that has been set down by the national security council to work in more difficult, conflict-ridden places because it is the right thing to do and because it's very much in our national interest.
Difficult conflict-of-interest issues also arise in the context of government service.
It should therefore be expected that ICU physician directors and nurse managers, who have both clinical and non-clinical duties, should face some of the more difficult moral conflicts in the ICU.
But in a conflict in which momentum swings wildly and progress is difficult to ascertain, the rebels have yet to land a knockout blow.
A: Education in conflict areas is a really difficult, complex problem to tackle.
A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986-2012.
