But Clemenceau refused to risk war through all-out support of his Russian ally during the Bosnian crisis of 1908.
During the Bush administration, a debate raged between White House advocates of "regime change" in Tehran, who favored large-scale covert action to break up the country, and State Department moderates who argued that all-out support of the minorities would complicate negotiations on a nuclear deal with the dominant Persians.
The Wa, considered by many to be ethnic Chinese, have a long-standing relationship with China that goes back to the late 1960s, when the Communist Party of China decided to give all-out support to the Communist Party of Burma (CPB).
Eisenhower, like Mr. Clinton, moved to the center on the issues of the day, at the expense of all-out support from his core constituency, in his case the Republican right.
In "How Clinton Is Like Ike" (Op-Ed, June 19), Stephen E. Ambrose rightly suggests that Dwight D. Eisenhower, like Bill Clinton, "moved to the center on the issues of the day, at the expense of all-out support from his core constituency, in his case the Republican right".
It is even doubtful that Turkey would receive the all-out military support of its Nato allies should it go to war with Syria.
The Japanese business lobby has gone all-out in support of the drive, saying it would help exporters — like automakers and electronics manufacturers — regain their competitive edge.
"In order for us to be successful in November, the runner-up is going to have to go all out in support of the nominee," said Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Out and out support of those who openly advocate the indiscriminate slaying of non-combatants is inexcusable, whatever the context in which the view is expressed.
There is something moving about all those people turning out in support of what is, after all, a minority group their family members, friends, and neighbors.
