Sentence examples for halfhearted support from inspiring English sources

The Obama administration policy of halfhearted support for the Syrian rebels and wishful diplomacy backed by no leverage led to the situation on the ground today.

Colin Powell and Rich Armitage were turning Pakistan around, from halfhearted support of the U.S. campaign against al Qaeda to full cooperation.

The truth is that, with the exception of the George W. Bush administration's brief, halfhearted support for a coup attempt in 2002, Washington — learning the lessons of ill-fated Cold War interventions — has shown restraint in dealing with the Caracas regime, while Latin countries have taken the lead in denouncing it.

But now that the Americans are trying to institutionalize the arrangement by training the Sunnis to become police officers, the effort has been hampered by halfhearted support and occasionally outright resistance from a Shiite-dominated national government that is still inclined to see the Sunnis as a once and future threat.

Turkey, a NATO ally, has frustrated Western officials with seemingly halfhearted support for the coalition confronting Islamic State.

If she chooses the overly-cautious route (in other words: "avoid offending anybody too much"), then I could easily see her retreating to, at best, halfhearted support.

And much as I respect Estonia and El Salvador, there is something ridiculous about the list of our "partners" -- a coalition of the anonymous, the dependent, the halfhearted and the uninvolved, whose lukewarm support supposedly confers some moral authority.

Mr. Perle contends that the failure to stir up opposition to Mr. Hussein in past years is not a result of the group's shortcomings but of halfhearted American support.

Mr. McKeon said he feared Mr. Hagel was halfhearted in his support for Israel — an issue on both sides of the aisle in Congress — and soft in his support for missile defense, a litmus issue for conservative Republicans.

The Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, was somewhat halfhearted in his support for the "Remain" camp, reflecting his ambivalence about whether staying in Europe would be the right focus when it comes to helping working people.

That April he publicly apologized for a halfhearted stab at funding WordPress with advertising.