Sentence examples for by using military force from inspiring English sources

Chinese leaders have long feared that Mr. Chen wants to lead Taiwan toward a formal independence, and they have vowed to prevent that by using military force if necessary.

In short, the international community should be oriented toward preventing atrocities before they get under way by helping the state in question, and only in extreme cases by using military force.

At the same time, the U.S. will resist reshaping the status quo by using military force.

Not all his followers accepted this statement; Isaac Penington, for example, dissented for a time arguing that the state had a duty to protect the innocent from evil, if necessary by using military force.

Rejecting the "naïve" neo-con view that democracy can be imposed by the West using military force, the Prime Minister will today set out a "a liberal Conservative" view of democracy in the Middle East.

After the Vietnam War, many Americans were traumatized by the very idea of using military force.

In his first term, that doctrine was defined by Mr. Obama's surprising comfort in using military force to confront direct threats to the United States.

Russia responded by saying US threats to use military force against Syria were unacceptable and that Washington would be violating international law if it acted without the approval of the UN security council.

"So I think they know they cannot call a bluff (by) threatening to use military force.

Indeed, the previous threat by Ecowas to use military force to dislodge Mr. Gbagbo remains active, the diplomat said.

The department rooted that power in the authorization granted by Congress to use military force against the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 attacks.