Sentence examples for army the idea from inspiring English sources

The problem today is that Al Qaeda is prodding the Pakistani Taliban to hit state institutions in the hopes of provoking a full-scale invasion of the tribal areas by the Pakistani Army; the idea is that such an assault would rally the tribes to Al Qaeda's cause and threaten the state.

But the current Rwandan army scoffs at the idea that the UN monitors in Congo, known by their French acronym MONUC, could disarm anyone, much less men who have nothing to lose.

"As long as the army does not accept the idea of a political settlement for East Timor, they will not let their stranglehold relax," says a prominent member of a Catholic organisation.

They either have family in the army, or they like the idea of running around and being outside.

Thiyab himself was once an officer in Saddam's army, and he rejects the idea that former Baath supporters are now with the Islamic State.

Although the military creed of these national armies is rooted in the idea of the protectors of independence, there is nothing remotely independent about these militaries.

The army's idea of its "future warrior" was a kind of cyborg, helmet stuffed with electronic wizardry and a computer display on his visor, all wirelessly linked to sensors, weapons and comrades.

Another is that the army should get used to the idea that it is no longer a law unto itself.

This prompted fears that the army had not entirely rejected the idea of taking a more active role in the running of the state.

The promotion of this Yorkshire MP and former army private would help counteract the idea that the Tories are just a posh, southern party.

Thus the US air force (whose chiefs are nearly all fighter pilots) is reluctant to replace manned aircraft with unmanned ones.The army is particularly suspicious of the idea that technology can disperse what Clausewitz called the "fog of war".