Sentence examples for ideological excuses from inspiring English sources

Since its inception, Saudi Arabia has stood firmly against all violent extremist movements regardless of their religious or ideological excuses.

"That I used a position of power to advance ideological and personal positions does not excuse my actions," he said.

His writing has made him a frequent target from ideological foes who accuse him of excusing terrorism or making false comparisons between, for example, Western governments' drone strikes, and terrorist attacks like the one in Boston.

Critics accuse the coalition government of using the deficit as an excuse to carry out an ideological paring-back of the state.

It is only one part of my plan, and should not be used as a handy excuse for the usual Washington ideological battles.

Instead, in this "war" on terrorism three other things take precedence: intensive police work across national borders, an ideological campaign to engage all the arguments and excuses for terrorism and reject them, and a serious and sustained diplomatic effort.

Many former supporters worry that Mr Obama is treating the economic crisis rather as George Bush treated September 11th as a convenient excuse for pursuing a long-held ideological agenda.Anger seethes about the fact that so many big-government Democrats mysteriously lose their appetite for taxes when it comes to paying them themselves.

The bipartisan Baker-Hamilton report gives Mr Bush an excuse for making just such a pivot.The ideological tenor of the administration is changing rapidly.

The Bush administration has also failed to address this question, as evidenced by its string of excuses for the war, including the current favourite, an ideological struggle with fascist Islam.

"The education minister is using the problem of a crowded curriculum as an excuse to get rid of things he has ideological disagreements with," Wright said.

It's an ugly excuse for denying one's constituents health care, but it's the only excuse we've heard that skips over the ideological contortions required of Republicans seeking to block Medicaid expansion.