Sentence examples for advocate war from inspiring English sources

But then there are also verses that advocate war.

Some of them advocate war against the Western presence in the Muslim world and have supported attacks in the West and the overthrow of rulers in Muslim countries.

What do you say to those who advocate war as an instrument to liberate the women of Afghanistan or bring democracy to Iraq?

He has called those who advocate war against Iran "crazies," and in two long recent interviews described himself as a "secular pope" whose mission is to "make sure, frankly, that we do not end up killing each other".

It seems ridiculous to me for President Bush to advocate war against Iraq when the United States military hasn't even been able to capture or kill Osama bin Laden ("Administration Seeking to Build Support in Congress on Iraq Issue," front page, Aug. 30).

Rather, they define themselves in opposition to the "hawks" who advocate war and funding for the war-system.

Roman consuls, who led the legions into battle, often advocated war because victory gained them personal glory.

"I began this writing during a time of war," she says, "when some who advocated war claimed to find its meaning in Revelation".

Wilson, for a period of years, resisted the prominent political voices of his time advocating war, until Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare against civilian vessels.

This year, a Methodist minister called Patricia Jackson stated that she plans to wear a white poppy to officiate her remembrance service in Shropshire, because the classic red version "advocates war".

Along with Mr. Hagel's comment in Newsweek that many of the war's most steadfast proponents "don't know anything about war," his criticism prompted a national discussion about "chicken hawks," a derisive term for those advocating war with no direct experience of it.