Sentence examples for forcible change from inspiring English sources
No doubt he was measuring the West's reaction to the first forcible change of borders in Europe since 1945.
More than two years after Egyptians overthrew an authoritarian, military-backed leader and later installed their first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, the country is facing the possibility of more forcible change — from the military.
Those are understandable motives, but they ought to be trumped by the imperative of standing unambiguously against the first forcible change of borders in Europe since World War II.
Washington's failure to negotiate such a treaty tells a deeply insecure Pyongyang that the United States views its regime as illegitimate and ripe for forcible change.
But Russia cannot be so easily kicked out of the Security Council, the consensus-based Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe - custodian of the Helsinki Final Act that does not permit forcible changes of borders - or the World Trade Organization Moscow waited so long to join.
To the Editor: Ward Wilson contends that "the real value of nuclear bombs is as status symbols, not as practical weapons"; this may be true, but surely these weapons are the best deterrent against any forcible regime change attempt by outsiders.
If the Bush administration had proceeded differently -- if it had established a legal basis for military action, perhaps by working through the United Nations; if it had built allied support; if it had genuinely pursued alternatives to forcible "regime change" -- war might have emerged, by general agreement here and abroad, as a necessary final resort.
The United States cannot expect both to maintain a threat to overthrow unsavoury regimes and to have those regimes refrain from pursuing the technology that might deter forcible regime change.Alex WeisigerNew YorkWeapons at workSIR – I object to your use of the derogatory term "gun nuts"("Loaded debate", March 12th).
Forcible regime change violates the United Nations Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Obama pursued exactly the same policy goal -- forcible regime change -- that critics of the Iraq war routinely denounced as the heart of American imperialism.
Moreover, forcible "regime change" would violate Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which the U.S. has also ratified.
