Sentence examples for disproportionate war from inspiring English sources

Hamas is committed to Israel's destruction and gets help and inspiration from Iran, so that what looks to the world like a disproportionate war of choice is seen by many here as an obligatory war for existence.

But its accusations against Israel are sure to arouse fierce Israeli condemnation during a disproportionate war – supposedly fought to prevent Hamas rocket attacks on Israel – in which the Israeli military has killed well over 200 civilians, many of them women and children.

Another response, though, will be to say that the expulsion of Mr Rumsfeld would be disproportionate: wars always bring some abuses, for the soldiers who take part in them have been trained to kill, and the important question is whether the abuses are properly punished when they occur.

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But acknowledgment of American use of disproportionate firepower in war (in violation of one of the cardinal laws of war) is very much not a national project.

Small and largely rural towns like this are bearing a disproportionate burden of war.

But in this state, which has suffered a disproportionate number of war casualties, these protesters bring as much civility as fervor to this intersection of American public opinion.

Last year was the 15th anniversary of UN security council resolution 1325, which recognised not only the disproportionate effect that war has on women, but the need for their presence at the peace table and involvement in post-conflict reconstruction.

"For several hours, there has been a bombardment of an airport of an entirely sovereign country, a friend of France... this is a disproportionate act of war," said Philippe DoustheBlazy, the French foreign minister, adding that the matter should be referred to the United Nations security council as soon as possible.

Not for nothing have officers always died in disproportionate numbers, in wars throughout British history.I think Mr Cameron's current problem is not that he angers the Tory right.

Second, as my experience shows, those of us who fit some individual's profile of a terrorist will bear a disproportionate burden in this war.