On the contrary, the U.A.E. has consistently and forcefully protested Iran's illegal occupation from the moment it occurred and during the following decades.
In contrast, in 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates — concerned partly about Turkish cooperation over Iraq — sent letters to Congress forcefully protesting the genocide resolution's passage through committee.
Yet fears that the country might be driven further down the same authoritarian path as Belarus should not deter them from forcefully protesting if Mr Yanukovich assumes the presidency come what may.
One hopes that the World Psychiatric Association will act expeditiously and forcefully to protest this blatant misuse of psychiatry.
It's hard to understand why Mr. Powell has still not protested forcefully and publicly.
Coca farmers, often led by Mr. Morales, have protested forcefully against Washington-led efforts to eradicate coca plantations.
He protested forcefully but in vain at being chosen for this post; and, in the event, his inexperience and lack of seamanship were among the causes of the failure of the enterprise.
It's one reason that no one can really define an Obama or Clinton doctrine and why, at times, the administration has frustrated those who would have had it act more forcefully when street protests auguring the Arab Spring swept Iran in 2009 or now, as Syria savagely represses its opposition.
In a 1999 letter addressed to then-president Mohammad Khatami, to which Mr Jafari was a main signatory, 24 IRGC commanders gave the president an ultimatum, warning that if he did not deal forcefully with student protests ongoing at the time, their patience would run out.
If the legislature won't act unprompted — and the initial signs are that most of the G.O.P. intends to yield to the President's abuse of his power — it will be incumbent on the American people to register their protests forcefully, and to put pressure on their elected officials.
