"Germany is not prepared to be dragged into a civil war," he said in interviews.
We have to vow to God that we won't be dragged into a sectarian clash".
"Everybody has to be careful not to be dragged into a dictatorial instinct, no matter what happens," he said.
I never thought that the F.B.I. could be dragged into a political circus surrounding one of its investigations.
Nagy said that, under the sustained pressure, she made the mistake of letting herself be dragged into a brief affair.
For his part, he has refused to be dragged into a political battle or to be held hostage by profiling.
Secular-minded and better-educated Egyptians generally want the country to be dragged into a modern, pluralistic and outward-looking world.
One young pastor, from a small church in the Pacific Northwest, said he didn't want to be dragged into a "Love Wins" controversy.
In Egypt today, the stakes are lower for the U.S., since we are unlikely to be dragged into a shooting war on the Egyptian military's behalf.
"The living standard of Greeks would collapse, and the country would be dragged into a spiral of recession, instability, unemployment and misery," he said.
"It's not in the interest of any major corporation to be dragged into a highly charged partisan political battle," this executive said.
