Sentence examples for allowed to defend itself from inspiring English sources

Soldiers are privileged to kill enemy combatants in a war, and America is legally allowed to defend itself.

In fact, at the time Clinton was fighting strenuously to defeat congressional efforts to unilaterally lift the U.N. arms embargo so that the Muslim-led government could be armed openly and allowed to defend itself.

Cote D'Ivoire finds itself caught in a dangerous limbo where the government must be allowed to defend itself without impinging on the freedom of the innocent a balance that is far from being attained.

Laake was not even allowed to defend himself.

Commend his soul to God, I suppose; certainly he is not allowed to defend himself effectively.

He was allowed to defend himself, and he and his lawyers were permitted to cross-examine witnesses.

Mr. Kambakhsh was originally sentenced after a trial lasting only minutes in which he was not allowed to defend himself.

His legal skills, then, were proof that he was fit to be executed — but not good enough that he be allowed to defend himself.

Based on past judicial precedent, Snowden would not be allowed to defend himself by arguing that he thought the surveillance programs he objected to were immoral or unconstitutional.

You're not allowed to defend yourself.

"Bob was attacking Carl's opinion," Ms. Leach said, "so Carl was allowed to defend his opinion.