Sentence examples for defending sanctions from inspiring English sources

Defending sanctions, for instance, U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, a California Democrat, said: "Critics also argued that these measures will hurt the Iranian people.

This is a liberal who can be hard: he staunchly defends sanctions on Iraq.

I listen to Robin Cook, a man I deeply admire, and wonder whether he is the same chap who defended sanctions and limited bombing against Iraq when he was Foreign Secretary.

Mr. Gates defended the sanctions strategy: "I think the prospects of success are certainly better than in a lot of other situations where sanctions have been applied," he said.

"I would not defend those sanctions.

Prime minister David Cameron defended the sanctions as "robust".

"Without the UK in the EU there won't be anyone to so zealously defend the sanctions against us," he said.

Mrs. Clinton defended the sanctions resolution, saying that it had been approved by an "overwhelming majority" in the United Nations Security Council, and that it vindicated the Obama administration's strategy of trying to engage Tehran diplomatically while also gradually building support for pressure.

But those who defend such sanctions say that there is often little difference, in terms of responsibility, between someone who acts wrongfully commits a crime, say -- and a person around him who fails to stop the crime, warn others about it or report it afterward.

Albright defended UN sanctions against Iraq in which Lesley Stahl asked her, "We have heard that half a million children have died.

The FA chairman, David Bernstein, defended the sanction under the current rules and said he was "very comfortable" with its role in the Terry affair but said the tariffs and "processes" would be reviewed.