Sentence examples for broad war from inspiring English sources

The intensification of force used against demonstrators has led to concern that protesters will retaliate, threatening the possibility of a broad war that could engulf the country.

Similarly, Congress has shown no interest in rewriting the overly broad war authorizations that Bush and Obama used to wage campaigns across the Middle East and Africa.

Turkey is likely to face questions over its decision to lump its campaigns against the Kurds and Isis together into a broad "war on terror", even though the secular Kurdish groups and Isis are themselves bitterly opposed.

His aunt and two of his cousins are trapped at the border of Pakistan, so it was important to him that many here were rallying against a broad war.

Next week, he said, he would go to the Citadel, the military college in Charleston, S.C., "to describe the new capabilities and technologies we will need to wage this broad war on terrorism for years to come".

Because his new proposal leaves the 2001 AUMF intact, that broad war authority remains available to him and future presidents, regardless of whether Congress passes Obama's plan.

A few phrases passed by Congress days after the September 11th 2001 attacks give the president broad war-making powers in the name of self-defence.But such allies are worried not just about Mr Obama's ability to stare down alarming, fast-rising powers such as China.

"But this may lead to a broader war".

The feud briefly threatened to escalate into a broader war.

But what about the broader war on terror?

But the governor is waging a broader war, against the system itself.