Sentence examples for failures to stand from inspiring English sources

Five years into the American effort to build a self-sustaining Iraqi Army, these failures to stand and fight have proven an embarrassing setback to American and Iraqi officials.

The failure to stand up to Adolf Hitler is increasingly being invoked as a reason for standing up to Saddam Hussein.

It was a disaster for the western alliance, split apart by British failure to stand with its allies.

Many of the present and former officials I spoke to were critical of Franks for his perceived failure to stand up to his civilian superiors.

Today the prime minister is widely seen as a man whose failure to stand by his beliefs has done damage to the government and the nation.

As western Europe's failure to stand up to Kremlin lures shows, maintaining honesty and public-spiritedness in the face of huge bribes is a hard task.

Disappointed by America's failure to stand up for human rights, Bass sees a more inspiring example in "India's democratic response to the plight of the Bengalis".

"The first step was the Iraq war and then the failure to stand up against the bedroom tax and welfare cuts.

Neoconservatives and liberal interventionists have blasted the White House for its failure to stand up for democratic principles and for the lack of clarity in its policy toward Egypt.

His failure to stand up to Mr. Trump and the Trumpists in the House when the country needed a person with spine will define his legacy.

And he has bemoaned the administration's failure to stand up to what he and many union members see as China's mercantilist policies.