Sentence examples for deter hostilities from inspiring English sources
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and senior commanders agreed that the strategy set in 1993 of remaining ready for two major wars at one time will be replaced by requirements to maintain four broad capabilities: win in a single major conflict, defend U.S. territory, deter hostilities through global deployments and conduct small-scale actions of limited duration -- all at once.
The answer is that the government's policy of engagement has contributed to reducing military tensions and deterring hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and noticeable changes within North Korea.
The administration has settled on a strategy of refusing to make concessions to the North and has adopted a new plan to deter any hostilities by promising a proportionate response.
As she told Defense One in an interview and a follow-up letter, U.S. policy should include "using limited military coercion" -- primarily strikes using "standoff weapons" -- "to retaliate against Syrian military targets in order to stop violations of the Cessation of Hostilities, deter Russian and Syrian bombing of innocent civilians and the opposition groups we support".
The size of the military is determined not only to win wars, but also to deter adversaries from starting hostilities.
As early as the 1840s the British thought about digging a canal across the Isthmus of Panama, but were deterred by the hostility of the politics and geography.
When you look at these conditions honestly, without the filter of righteousness -- that's what they get for breaking the law" -- how could you not see that the present system (the very thing people insist will deter crime) only breeds anger and resentment, hostility and hopelessness in offenders, and finally leads to more crime?
In addition, the Pentagon has repeatedly stated, most recently on June 3, that Iran's military doctrine is a defensive one, "designed to deter an attack, survive an initial strike and retaliate against an aggressor to force a diplomatic solution to hostilities".
The minimum objective would be to deter another's nuclear use, and the maximum would be to deter any aggression, on the grounds that any hostilities might create the extreme circumstances in which the restraints on nuclear use would fall away.
