Sentence examples for deterring enemies from inspiring English sources

Equally controversial was Mr. Waltz's pronouncement that North Korea, however odious its government, would be ill-served by giving up its nuclear weapons as a means of deterring enemies.

Giving Israel such prominence in a discussion of U.S. foreign affairs makes the country stronger and seem larger than it really is, thereby deterring enemies who notice how far American leaders are willing to go in stating their allegiance to an old ally.

The answer, which had been evolving since 1944, was that U.S. strategy aimed at deterring enemy attacks in the first place.

The goal is a military that is large enough and mobile enough to deter enemies.

That is, despite shifting disagreements between Presidents and Congress, the country should seek to project unity abroad, in order to reassure allies and deter enemies.

"This is understood quite clearly by both our friends and our enemies, and as a result, our ability to deter enemies around the world is disintegrating".

The bombardier beetle (Brachinus in North America and Pherosophus in Africa, Asia, and the East Indies) has little sacs at the tip of its abdomen that spray a noxious fluid used to deter enemies.

Such victories will be necessary, both to deter enemies and to encourage supporters, but they will not add up to an ultimate victory, for terrorist networks are too fragmented and insidious for that.

It ignores the allocation of legal power to threaten military force or war, even though threats - to coerce or deter enemies and to reassure allies - are one of the most important ways in which the United States government wields its military might.

The fruit owes its spiciness to a chemical called capsaicin, and plants generally put energy into producing such toxins for a reason, such as to deter enemies.

The U.S. could do little to stop it unable as it was to fully stabilize Iraq or to deter enemies from hostile action against U.S. interests in an arc from Afghanistan to Lebanon.