We saw this most blatantly with Iraq and the complete disregard for how a second war would distract resources and attention from the "good war" in Afghanistan.
But it was postponed at least twice this year because of concerns that it might distract resources from the company's flagship programs, the A380 superjumbo and the future A350, an all-composite twin-aisle plane scheduled for service in 2013.
They provide evidence that the large-scale participation of donor and other private organizations distracts resources away from national health ministries and other public health authorities to record-keeping of projects and coping with the conditionality set by donor/private organizations.
Rather, they distract precious resources and attention from concrete solutions.
It has distracted attention and resources from troublespots such as Yemen.
For Everson, this focus has distracted effort and resources away from minority and historical writing systems, such as medieval Cornish.
Iraq quickly distracted attention and resources from the Afghanistan question until 2008, when Barack Obama was elected president while promising to end the former and win the latter.
So what happened was we got distracted, we diverted resources, and ultimately bin Laden escaped, set up base camps in the mountains of Pakistan in the northwest provinces there.
Do you find yourself easily distracted by online resources that allow you to avoid other, pending work?
The campaigns tied-up valuable resources and distracted the nation from the real problems: chronic underemployment, wide-spread low wages, increasing health insurance deductibles, and the overall deterioration of our education system and respect for human rights as best illustrated by the hateful campaign rhetoric of candidate Trump that apparently perfectly resonated with many voters.
