Sentence examples for convenient enemy from inspiring English sources

Al-Qa'ida has always been a convenient enemy.

With no credible opposition to speak of, the press makes for a convenient enemy.

The KMT was a convenient enemy over the years for the Communists to have, because it never officially disputed the dream of eventual reunification of the "motherland".

One US doctor who worked in the region during the war said: "After the war was over and the communists won, they still needed an enemy and the protestant faith was a convenient enemy.

That's why so many of them question American motives, suspecting that it's all about oil or that the administration is simply picking on a convenient enemy it knows it can defeat.

For Obama to make himself more visible would only supply a convenient enemy at a time when Trump and his followers seem to be self-destructing on their own.

The convenient political enemy has been foreign producers, but they are probably not the real culprit.

The idea that the EPP provides a convenient, controllable enemy is echoed by Olazar, the former secretary-general of the Movimiento Patria Libre (Free Fatherland Movement), whose armed wing split to form the nucleus of the EPP.

This was about creating a convenient foe for the working class to blame while their real enemies in the Conservative party are free to pursue the policies that have kept them down for centuries.

The divide between urban and rural communities is only getting deeper, making Bloomberg and me convenient mutual enemies.

It's particularly convenient if your enemy's enemy has been your friend all along.