Sentence examples for demonstrations of force from inspiring English sources
Naval force projection — selective, demonstrations of force, essentially an early predecessor to modern "shock and awe" air campaigns — was the means by which the thinly stretched United States military protected far-flung trade routes and American citizenry.
In the past week and a half, officials in Xinjiang have ordered paramilitary units and police officers to hold large rallies in at least three cities with significant Uighur populations as demonstrations of force.
In August 1992, when the Bush administration and its allies were trying to get humanitarian aid to Bosnians caught in a multiethnic civil war, McCain broke with the majority of Republicans and voted against a resolution that authorized "demonstrations of force" in the region; he called it recklessly provocative.
They do not target civilians or political enemies, or stage frequent public demonstrations of force as the EZLN in Chiapas.
But communication via demonstrations of force involve an inherent potential for miscalculations of the sort that can quickly spiral into a much graver situation.
He was initially opposed to U.S. military involvement in the Bosnian War, voting against the George H. W. Bush administration on a 1992 resolution that would have authorized "demonstrations of force" in conjunction with the Operation Provide Promise humanitarian relief effort there.
Such transgressions could be ascribed to demons and devils in a folk mythology, but they could also be treated in Singer's work as refractions of the modern, demonstrations of forces that erupt when anything becomes possible.
Innocent in appearance, it was also a demonstration of force, and a first step toward organizing mass civil disobedience.
"It's not easy to understand this type of humiliation, demonstration of force, and shame which we had to live through in front of our guests", they wrote.
"It is an alarming fact, a demonstration of force that is undermining the authority of Vladimir Putin who just took office, proclaiming the ideas of democracy".
